THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



OCTOBER 1st, 1843. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



No. 1. GROOM'S VICTORIA REGINA TULIP. 



This fine byblomen Tulip was raised by Mr. Groom, Florist, of 

 Clapham Rise, near London, and by Tulip florists is considered a 

 first rate kind, meriting a place in the most select collection. 



In former numbers of this publication, we have inserted articles 

 on the general treatment of Tulips, by some of the best growers in 

 the country, to which remarks we respectfully refer our readers, and 

 we deem it unnecessary to give a repetition in this place. 



We have often seen Mr. Groom's collection in bloom, and he 

 grows them in a very superior manner ; we, however, add, that he ad- 

 vises the bed should be made four and a half feet wide, the pit to hold 

 compost should be dug out two feet deep. He prepares a compost as 

 follows : — In the summer of the year previous to planting in, he 

 obtains rich turfy loam four inches thick ; a layer is laid on the ground, 

 over it two inches thick of rotten cow manure, then a layer of turf, 

 another of manure, &c, alternately. The heap is turned over, and 

 well chopped two or three times during the year. A month before 

 the time of planting, &c, the pit is made ; six inches thick of fresh 

 turfy soil, in pieces of four inches square, is thrown into it ; upon this 

 is the compost, filling up the bed, so that when it finally settles, the 

 surface may be four inches higher than the walk around it, and the 

 surface be left convex, (crowned as it is sometimes termed,) so as to 



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