ON THE CULTURE OF GERANIUMS. 3 



also kept moderately warm in cold weather to keep the frost from 

 injuring the plants. In February I shift them again into forty- 

 eight sized pots, allowing them a good rough mixture of cow-manure, 

 leaf-mould, and loam, of equal quantity, and also a small portion of 

 sand to keep the soil free and loose. They then begin to grow 

 vigorously for about six weeks ; I then encourage their growth with 

 a little liquid manure, and about the middle of April they commence 

 showing their flower buds. It must be borne in mind by those who 

 wish to get their plants in bloom by the middle of May, that they 

 must not be shifted again, but allowed to remain in the forty-eight 

 sized pots, because, if they were again shifted, it would give fresh 

 vigour to the plant, which would cause it to bloom late, whereas, 

 if they were kept in the forty-eight sized, it would check their 

 growth, and throw them into bloom much earlier ; but in order to 

 keep them healthy and flourishing, it is highly requisite to encourage 

 them with a little liquid manure. By my attention to the foregoing 

 remarks, I have grown my geraniums with every success, and had 

 them 6plendidly in bloom by the middle of May. Not only have 

 the blooms been greatly admired for largeness of size and brightness 

 of colour, but also the beautiful compact growth of the plants, being 

 clothed with foliage to the edge of the pots. I will now conclude 

 my brief remarks, but, perhaps, before doing so, some of your 

 readers might be glad to be acquainted with the names of some of 

 the principal show flowers; I have therefore appended a list as 

 under of some of the choicest varieties, with the probable prices for 

 good established plants. 



s. d. 



Alicia 3 6 



Bride of Abydos 5 



Climax 5 



Dulcinea 7 6 



Fanny Garth 15 



Fosterii Rosea 5 



Gauntlet 10 6 



The Jewess 10 6 



Joan of Arc 15 



King (Gaines's) 7 



Lady Bridport 5 



Elizabeth Bulteel 7 6 



Carlisle 10 6 



Nuili Secundus 5 



s. d. 



Phosphorus (Gaines's) 5 



Oliver Twist 7 6 



Pickwick 7 6' 



Perfection (Garth's) 5 



Priam 3 6 



Prima Donna 10 6 



Queen Victoria (Hodge's) ... 5 



Queen's Superb 7 (i 



Rival King 5 



Sunbeam 10 6 



Una 15 



Vivid 10 



Viola 10 G 



Vesta 7 (i 



B 2 



