108 ON THE CULTURE OF THE THUNBERGIA GKANDIFLORA. 



3. Charles X., nearly breeder. 



4. Roi de Siam, not good. 



5. Surpasse Catafalque, good. 



6. Lady Crewe, breeder ; that is, gone back into the breeder state. 



7. Bient'aif, bad. 



I have merely put these down at random, to show how a Tulip 

 book ought to be kept. 



The best time to get up Tulips is, as I have before stated, in June 

 and July, when the weather is fine ; and when placed in your boxes, 

 let them be put in a shady place or room where there is a good cur- 

 rent of air to dry them. 



If you are desirous of taking seed, select those varieties which have 

 the best properties, taking especial care that the form is good and the 

 bottom pure. I find breeders to answer well for seeding ; and Mad- 

 docks, who was some years ago celebrated as a Tulip-grower, was of 

 the same opinion. They make much better pods, being the stronger 

 in their growth. The pods will be ripe the latter end of July or 

 August, and will open at the top of the pericarpium when so. The 

 seed may be sown in pots in November or the last week in January, 

 and placed in a cold frame until April, and then plunged in a bed. 

 I have for some years sown the seed in January, and I have succeeded 

 much better with it than when sown in November. 



N.B. This has been written at the request of a number of Tulip- 



ARTICLE VI. 



ON THE CULTURE OF THE THUNBERGIA GRANDIFLORA. 



BY A FOREMAN OF A LONDON NURSERY. 



I know but few plants which attract general attention more than the 

 Thunbergia grandiftora, with its fine blue flowers, when it is well 

 managed. I will, with your permission, through the medium of the 

 Cabinet, recommend to the notice of your readers a method we 

 practise of cultivating that beautiful and interesting plant. I am not 

 so vain as to suppose that our method is superior to all others, but 

 that it is better than some I am certain, from the circumstance of my 

 having known those who have found it a matter of difficulty to make 

 the plant flower at all, 



