133 ON PLANTING OUT PELARGONIUMS, VERBENAS, &C. 



them up with as large balls as they can be got, and plant then in the 

 situations intended for them in the flower borders. Early in June 

 they will come into bloom, and will more than repay for all the care 

 taken of them. 



ARTICLE IV. 



REMARKS ON PLANTING OUT PELARGONIUMS, VERBENAS, 

 SALVIAS, &c, INTO THE BEDS OF THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



BY A LADY AMATEUR GARDENER. 



Now that the season is fast approaching for putting out into the 

 flower-garden Verbenas, Geraniums, Salvias, &c, I am inclined to 

 offer the following hints to my sister gardeners, and though many of 

 them may have already adopted my method, to some it may still be 

 a novelty. When scarlet Geraniums are put out of the pot into the 

 flower-garden they present a most gay and beautiful appearance; if 

 laid quite flat, and pegged down at the joints, the branches very 

 quickly turn themselves upwards, and in a very few weeks the bed 

 is a complete carpet of green, thickly studded with the brilliant scarlet 

 flowers. I have adopted this plan for the last two years, and nothing 

 could exceed the beauty of my Geranium bed. There are also con- 

 siderable advantages gained by pursuing this system ; the plant is 

 not liable to be broken by the wind, and as they strike root nearly 

 at each place where they are pegged down, a great increase of plants 

 is gained by cutting the branch close to each root when the season 

 comes for re-potting them. 



The same plan may be pursued with the Salvia, and by intermix- 

 ing the Salvia patens with the other the blue and the scarlet produce 

 a most brilliant contrast, and at the same time a harmony of colour- 

 ing which can hardly be surpassed. 



[We hope our Correspondent will favour us with other communi- 

 cations. — Conductor.] 



ARTICLE V. 



ON THE CULTURE OF CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS, AS A STANDARD 



PLANT. 



BY CLEKICUS. 



The Clianthus Puniceus is well worthy of a place in every collection, 

 both for its beautiful foliage and pendant racemes of red flowers. 



