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weather be dry, I water the bed with manure water. By this simple 

 method I never fail in having a splendid bloom of fine double 

 anemones. 



ARTICLE VI. 



ON THE SCOTCH THISTLE. 



BY T. P. J. 



The Scotch Thistle, although possessing no beauty of flower, is re- 

 markable for its size and stately appearance ; which in the open 

 border, in favourable situations, will attain a height of eight or nine 

 feet, with leaves three or four feet in length. The plant is biennial, 

 and should be planted or sown in rich soil. 



The plants may be watered with liquid manure the second year, 

 which will greatly advance their vigorous growth. The plant is not 

 only ornamental but useful, as the old stems will make handsome 

 walking-sticks; and as they are hollow, they may be applied to dif- 

 ferent and useful purposes. 



Grin don, May llth, 1840. 



ARTICLE VII. 



ON THE TREATMENT OF THE DAHLIA. 



BY T. W. WALTON, NURSERY, LIVERPOOL. 



As the season for planting out Dahlias is now at its height, perhaps 

 the following hints (if they have not already appeared in the Cabinet) 

 may be acceptable to many of your subscribers and admirers of that 

 beautiful and gorgeous flower. 



Notwithstanding all that has been written on the culture and 

 management of this flower, it frequently happens that, after all the 

 care and labour bestowed on planting, grouping, staking, &c, our 

 hopes are blighted, and our cherished beauties humbled to the dust 

 by every storm or gale of wind. 



Having had a fine collection of Dahlias under my care, which I 

 used to plant out in the usual manner in large masses in beds on the 

 lawn, and in the shrubbery ; and having often the bitter mortification 



