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whether in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth stands, or 

 classes, and then sum up the whole as the grand total that each 

 variety has been placed through the season ; and then, if you think 

 it would answer any valuable purpose, I will send you a copy for 

 insertion in your very useful Cabinet. [We shall be obliged by it. 

 — Conductor.] 



In conclusion, I beg leave to assure the readers of the Cabinet 

 that I shall not do this with a motive to vex any man, or set of men ; 

 my motive is merely to amuse myself, and draw up a plan as a sort 

 of guide to my future purchases; and if it be a guide to myself, it 

 will doubtless be a guide to others, if published in any popular 

 periodical If any person, however, should feel mortified with my 

 remarks on the rival yellows, I only beg leave to remind them of the 

 moral in the Fable of the Chamelion. 



When next you talk of what you view, 

 Think others see as well as you ; 

 Nor wonder if you find that none 

 Prefers your eyesight to his own ! 



[Though the demand for the yellow Dahlias may be very exten- 

 sive, we know the quantity of roots was such that they have not to be 

 severely worked to meet it. — Conductor.] 



ARTICLE V. 



ON THE CULTURE OF THE DOUBLE ANEMONE. 



BY MR. FIELDEH, GARDENER. 



In the March number of the Cabinet a correspondent wishes to know 

 the soil most suitable for the Double Anemone. Having been very 

 successful in the cultivation of that beautiful class of plants, I beg 

 to offer my simple method of culture. About the beginning of 

 October I well dung my bed, which is a strong loam, with the dung 

 from an old hotbed ; I then dig it to the depth of eight or nine inches, 

 mixing the dung well with the loam. I then cover my bed with a 

 mixture of half light vegetable soil and half sea sand. I plant the 

 roots about six inches apart and two inches deep. In March, if the 



