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To bloom Amaryllises. — As far as my twenty years' practice as an amateur 

 grower of Amaryllises instruct me that most of them make root at the end of 

 summer, and it is in the fibres then made that the deposit of sap takes place to 

 supply the future flowers. I therefore shift my plants entire into fresh pots 

 wheu they appear to be in full vigour, or still growing, say in June or July, or 

 earlier if required; by this treatment I never fail to flower my bulbs vigorously. 

 I then takeoff any offsets, which can be readily done. I plant them in stiong 

 loamy soil, not sifted, and have a free drainage. When the tips of the foliage 

 turn browu, I withhold water and gradually dry them, keeping them so till the 

 flower stems appear, when water is given, and re-pot as above stated. If the 

 above method be pursued, the result will be invariable satisfaction, and the 

 flowers will be far more vigorous than are usually to be seen. 



Flora. 



Neapolitan and Russian Violets. — September being the month to take up 

 the plants of these lovely fragrant flowers for forcing, I am desirous of remind- 

 ing the readers of the Flokicultural Cabinet of it, and to state how I manage 

 mine. In May I make a plantation by dividing the old plants singly, and plant 

 them without ruuners on a rich loamy border, shaded from mid-day sun. I put 

 the plants a foot apart, water well when done. During the summer I regularly 

 dress away all runners as soon as they push, which is very essential to success, 

 and in dry weather water freely. By this attention vigorous plants in full pre- 

 paration for a profuse bloom are prepared. In September I take up the plants 

 with entire balls and pot them into thirty-two sized pots, in a rich loamy soil, 

 well drained, shade for a few days, and then place them in a cold frame, giving 

 free supply of air till the cold of the season indicate protection. I introduce 

 some into the forcing pit a moi.th before I want the flowers, taking care that 

 they are excited very gradually, which is necessary to success, for if suddenly in- 

 troduced to a high temperature leaves only will be produced. Having some 

 three-light frames at liberty during autumn and winter, I have additionally to 

 pot culture, planted off two frames full, making a slight hot bed of leaves and 

 spent dry dung mixed, upon which I laid rich loam six inches deep. In this 1 

 plant entire, at nine inches apart; watering as required, and giving air when 

 possibly it can be done free from frost ; protecting with reeded covers in winter. 

 These furnish a supply till April or May. 



Sen ex. 



Tumps. — As the season for planting Tulips will soon be at hand (November), 

 persons who have a selection to make should be on the look out, and not delay 

 till planting time arrives. The following sorts ought to be universally grown: — 



Roses. — 1st row. Brulante, Eclatante, Catalani, Cerise a belle forme, Lac, 

 Manon, Ponceau, Ties Blanc (Dutch), Camuse de Craix, Rose Mignonne, Prin- 

 cess Wilhelmina. 2nd row. Bacchus, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Victoria, 

 Lucette. 3rd and 4th rows. Duchess of Kent, Guido, Rose Brillante, Rose Ca- 

 rouse extra, Aglaia, Claudiana, Comet, Compte de Vergennes, Fair Helen, Rosa 

 Blanca. 



Byblomens. — 1st row. David Pourpre, Violet Parfaite, Violet Blondeau. 2nd 

 row. Bijou des Amateurs, Lord Liverpool, Stroug's Emperor, Addison, Mentor, 

 Sophia, Desdemona, Perle d'Angleterre, Raiubow. 3rd row. Ambassador, In- 

 comparable de Moroc, Lord Wiuchelsea, Regulator, Violet, Alexander, Louis, 

 Zucherelli, Acapulco, or Roi de Siam, Roscius, Thalia. 4th row. Violet Quarto 

 (the tall strain), Both, Malvina. The two last are tall, not very good, but there 

 are so few tall Byblomens that anything must do for a fourth row. 



iji/.MtuES. — 1st row. Canning, Everard, Strong's King, Misraim, Gloria Mundi 

 Yellow, Vulcan. 2nd row. Abercrombie, Lawrence's Boiivar, Charbonn:er, 

 Garrick, Polyphemus, Waterloo (renamed by Strong, Charles X.), Ponipe 

 Fuuebre. 3rd and 4th rows. Catafalque, Earl Grey, Fabius, Leonardi da Vinci, 

 Lord Collingwood, Titian, Carlo Dolci, or Lord Munster, Croesus, Emperor of 

 Austria, Lady Collingwood, Milo, Davey's Tiafalgar (changed by Lawrence to 

 Duke of Clarence), Sir Edward Codrington. 



TULIPA. 



