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ARTICLE VI. 



REMARKS ON SCUTELLARIA SPLENDENS. 



BY R. W. G., SURREY. 



Two years ago I purchased a plant of Scutellaria splendens, which, 

 having much increased to some extent, I planted a bed of it in a warm 

 situation in my flower garden, as well as retained several for the 

 greenhouse, and now in both situations the plants are in profuse bloom, 

 and very highly interesting and ornamental, the numerous long spikes 

 of scarlet flowers producing a fine display. It deserves cultivation in 

 every situation it can be grown in. The plants I turned out into the 

 flower garden were what I raised last summer, and they were nearly 

 coming into bloom when I turned them out, entire, into the bed in 

 June, and all my plants have been in fine bloom from that time, and 

 appear likely to flower to the end of October, if the season proves fine 

 to that period. 



It is a half shrubby plant, and is generally regarded as an herba- 

 ceous perennial, and requires rest in winter, similar to the Gardoquia 

 multiflora, or betonicoides. It requires repotting each season ; and 

 when the buds begin to push, then the previous year's wood should 

 be pruned away, so as only to leave a sufficiency of young shoots to 

 bloom the forthcoming season. I find it grow vigorously and bloom 

 profusely in a compost, well drained, consisting of equal portions of 

 sandy loam and leaf mould. The plant is readily increased by divi- 

 sion, or taking off cuttings of the young shoots when about four inches 

 long-, cutting them close from their origin, and having them inserted 

 in sand, and placed in a gentle hot-bed temperature. I do most con- 

 fidently recommend the plant to the notice of the readers of the 

 Cabinet, and can assure those who grow it that it will amply repay 

 any attention given it. It can now be procured at a trifling cost at 

 the principal nursery establishments. 



REVIEW. 



ON RENDLE'S TANK SYSTEM OF HEATING BY HOT WATER. 



Our attention has lately been called by Mr. Rendle, nurseryman, of 

 Plymouth, to a method of heating by hot water, which appears worthy 

 of being more generally known. The principle upon which it acts is 



