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ARTICLE III. 



ON THE RHODANTHE MANGLESII. 



BT A. B. 



I beg to call the attention of your readers to an annual which is 

 generally classed among the tender ones, and on that account does 

 not arrive at the perfection it otherwise would. I have at present a 

 plant of that annual " Rhodanthe Manglesii " in bloom, on which 

 there are upwards of sixty blossoms, which in the heat of the day all 

 expand at once, and from its beautiful pink colour is very showy in 

 the front part of the border. In 1839, I raised some plants under 

 glass, and kept them in the same place when in bloom. This year 

 I raised them in the same manner, but turned them out into the open 

 border in May, where I have found them quite as hardy as most other 

 annuals. 



[Some time back we grew the Rhodanthe and Leptosiphon densi- 

 florus in pots for spring ornament, which succeeded admirably : we 

 recommend the plan to our readers. The method practised was to 

 sow the seed in autumn, and keep the plants in a dry cool frame or 

 cool greenhouse through winter ; and in April, May, June, and July 

 they bloomed profusely in the greenhouse, and were highly orna- 

 mental. Since then the plan has been adopted in two of the London 

 nurseries with very great success. We saw numerous pots of plants, 

 near two feet high, quite a mass of bloom. With our correspondent, 

 A. B., we strongly recommend the culture of the Rhodanthe both in 

 pots and open borders, and equally so the Leptosiphon, which, when 

 sown in autumn and bloomed in pots in the greenhouse or conserva- 

 tory, or a room window, is so superior in the size and beauty of its 

 blossoms to what is usual in the open bed as scarcely to be known to 

 be the same plant. — Conductor.] 



ARTICLE IV. 



ON THE CULTURE OF HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS. 



BY A KENTISH MAN. 



The autumn season being the best time for increasing the Herba- 

 ceous Calceolarias, I send my mode of treatment, which has been 



