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heath-like foliage, produces a very pretty effect. The best grown 

 plants we have seen were grown in one part turfy loam to two parts of 

 sandy peat, neither of them sifted. There was an inch of broken 

 crocks in the bottom of the pot, over which were several pieces of turf 

 soil ; these formed a good drainage. The roots are very minute, so 

 that it is essential to the prosperity of the plant to have the compost, 

 &c, so constituted as to allow the water to pass through quickly, for 

 if the soil become saturated, the delicate roots quickly perish. It is 

 also essential not to have the plant over-potted, and to have the ball 

 rather high at the crown. In order to make the plant bushy, the 

 ends of the shoots should be pinched off, and of the lateral ones 

 retain a sufficiency only to furnish it regularly. The plant deserves 

 a place in every greenhouse ; an additional inducement to its beauty 

 is, it can be purchased for a trifling sum. 



ARTICLE II. 



A FEW REMARKS ON MR. GLENNY'S ATTACK UPON THE 

 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF TULIPS. 



BY MR. JOHN SLATER, FLORIST, PEACOCK-HOUSE, CHAPEL-LANE, CHEETHAM-HIIX, 



NEAR MANCHESTER. 



It was my intention not to notice what you had to say further re- 

 specting the Descriptive Catalogue; but when a direct insinuation, or 

 rather charge, is made, that the roots I sell are not correct, it behoves 

 me to defend my character where I am not personally known ; but 

 where I am so, it matters not what is said by you, as the florists of 

 my own neighbourhood know full well what credence to give to your 

 assertions. With respect to sending out Polyphemus for Lord For- 

 tesque or Albion, by referring to my books I find I have not yet sent a 

 root of it into the south, neither could I send a Polyphemus, as I have 

 an account of every one sold since I grew it, and can give the names 

 of every purchaser. 



If my Catalogue contains so many varieties that are worthless, is 

 that any reason why I should grow them ? My Descriptive Catalogue 

 was written to aid the amateur in making his selections. My own 

 collection, both of seedling breeders and broken flowers, will bear a 

 comparison with many in the south for form and bottom. I have 

 seen what are termed first-rate collections in the south with a much 

 greater proportion of stained bottoms than one first-rate has here. If 



