2 ON THE CULTURE OF GERANIUMS. 



of the plant, and to my astonishment took up, I should suppose, 

 more than three hundred bulbs, averaging in weight from a quarter 

 to an ounce and a half; these bulbs I kept in a dry place during the 

 winter, and have again tried many of them this season in the same 

 manner as before, and have bloomed most profusely. 



Ipomaea Haedericifolia.— I also see a subscriber wishes to know 

 the proper culture of this plant. I have found that they bloom 

 very profusely if they are treated in the same manner as the Tro- 

 pseolum Tuberosum. 



ARTICLE II.; 



ON THE CULTURE OF GERANIUMS (PELARGONIUMS). 



BY A FLORICULTURIST. 



On referring to the November Number of your useful work, I find 

 that a subscriber is very anxious to be informed the best mode for the 

 culture of geraniums. Having always been a great admirer of that 

 favourite class of flowers, I have taken great interest in their culture. 

 In my part of the country (Devonshire) the geranium growers en- 

 deavour to get their geraniums in bloom as early as they can, prin- 

 cipally, I suppose, on account of the earliness of their floricultural 

 exhibitions, which are generally held about the middle of May. I 

 will now, therefore, if I may be permitted, explain my mode of 

 managing this beautiful class of flowers, which, I hope, will prove 

 useful to some of your readers. 



About the middle of August I cut down my large blooming plants, 

 and make cuttings from them, putting them in a mixture of sand, 

 loam, and leaf-mould, and place them in a gentle heat, where they 

 will soon root; in about a month I pot them off into small sixty 

 sized pots, in a mixture of loam, leaf-mould, and a small portion of 

 sand and well rotted cow-manure, and keep them a short time in a 

 little heat. After the young plants are well established, I shift them 

 about the middle of November into the next sized pot, in which I 

 keep them during the winter in an airy situation in the greenhouse, 

 as near the glass as possible, in order to keep them dwarf and 

 bushy. Particular care must be taken to keep the house dry and 

 well aired, else the guard or under leaves are liable to damp off, and 



