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Bronze, neither of which are worth growing. There are scores of 

 others which I have grown, but which I cannot call to mind just 

 now, that have just given me as much chagrin, and which are so 

 little to be depended on, as almost to make any person, not a real 

 lover of flowers, to vow never to grow Dahlias any more. 



[We gladlv insert the observations of our respected correspondent, 

 and believe the statements are correct, so far as he has had experi- 

 ence with the kinds named ; but in other situations, and probably by 

 a different course of cultivation, we have seen several of the kinds 

 produce flowers of a superior character, some of them have even 

 been among the winning flowers, in stands of twelve and twenty- 

 fours, at some of the first exhibitions during the past season. In the 

 selection, two of those kinds which our correspondent deems first- 

 rate we do not wholly agree with ; some of them, viz., Springfield 

 Rival, Essex Rival, Dodd's Mary, Whales's Royal Standard, Rival 

 Sussex, Suffolk Hero, Unique, and Marquis of Lothian, are well de- 

 serving places in every collection, where they are grown for com- 

 peting at any exhibition, but we would not grow these to the exclu- 

 sion of the newer kinds, which equal the above, and very far exceed 

 some of them in superior properties. Many such we have seen 

 exhibited during the past season, and which have already been 

 offered to the public, or, as it is usually termed, are to be let out 

 the ensuing spring. We offer some other remarks on Dahlias else- 

 where in this number, to which we refer our readers. — Conductor.] 



ARTICLE VI. 



ON THE CULTURE OF BULBOUS-ROOTED FLOWERING PLANTS. 



BY A YOUNG GARDENER. 



The following cursory remarks on the treatment of bulbous-rooted 

 plants are submitted to you for the Floricultural Cabinet ; if thought 

 worthy a place therein, I shall be glad of their insertion. 



Bulbous plants, from their nature and appearance, associate ill with 

 others; and this, together with many peculiarities in their cultiva- 

 tion, render it necessary to devote a separate structure entirely to 

 them, in order to carry on the necessary operations on which depend 

 their successful cultivation. The kind of house best adapted for 

 these plants appears to be that of a span roof, provided with 

 benches sufficiently near the glass in the middle and on each side ths 



