THE POLYANTHUS. *I3 



compost generally used is cow-dung and horse-dung, very old, and a 

 verv small quantity of coarse sand. If you intend to exhibit, you 

 must thin out all superfluous buds; those in the centre are the best 

 to be taken away. 



New varieties are raised from seed ; and if you wish to be suc- 

 cessful, take seed only from those varieties which possess good pro- 

 perties. When the seed-vessels begin to open, the seed is nearly 

 ripe, and every day you must gather such heads as are brown, or else 

 you will in all probability lose the best of your seed. The seed 

 should be spread upon paper, and perfectly dried before it is laid by, 

 and kept in that state until the last week in January or first week in 

 February, when it must be sown in small pots, and the seeds be 

 covered with soil about the thickness of a shilling, then be covered 

 close with a glass. The plants will make their appearance in about 

 six weeks. When they are large enough, transplant them into other 

 pots, about one inch apart, and in June or July transplant into other 

 pots. When they require watering, do it with a brush, by rubbing 

 your hand over it, so that it may fall upon the soil like a heavy dew. 



The seedling Polyanthuses bloom the following year. 



The following is a list of the best varieties : — 



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Buck's George Fourth 

 Cox's Prince Regent 

 Collier's Princess Royal 

 Clegg's Lord Crewe 

 Cranshaw's Invincible 

 Eckersley's Jolly Dragoon 

 Fletcher's Defiance 

 Gibbon's Royal Sovereign 

 Hufton's Lord Rancliffe 



Stead's Telegraph 

 The whole collection may be bought for 52*. 



Lord John Russell 

 Nicholson's Bang Europe 



Stranger 



Gold Lace 



Pearson's Alexander 

 Turner's Emperor 

 Princess 



ARTICLE III. 



REMARKS ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW ROSE. 



Bl PllOVlNS. 



I believk at least three attempts have been made by contributors to 

 the Floricultural Cabinet to elicit information respecting the Rosa 



