18 BRIEF REMARKS. 



Pompon Bijou, peach with a lighter centre, anemone-flowered ; very 

 pretty. 



The Warden, orange, with the back of the petals a purple crimson ; 



superb flower. 



Mrs. Coomhes, anemone-flowered, outside petals pure white, inner 

 tipped with yellow ; very fine. 



All the above we can strongly recommend to be added to any col- 

 lection. 



Bulbs grown in Pots, &c. — When these, as the Hyacinth, tfec, are 

 grown out of doors, they are covered with soil to some extent, and as 

 the earth is warmer at that period than the atmosphere, the bulbs make 

 abundance of roots to support them before the flower stalks appear. 

 It is clear then that the roots should always be in advance of the stem, 

 &c. In order, therefore, to in-door success, the potted bulbs should be 

 placed out of doors, and be covered from six to nine inches deep with 

 light soil, leaf mould, or similar material, the surface being protected 

 from heavy rain, or frost. When properly pushed, they can be trans- 

 ferred to bloom in-doors. — A Practitioner. 



Scarlet Geraniums. — Mr. Beaton, of Shrubland Park Gardens, 

 states, that to get these charming plants into bloom early and fine, the 

 following mode of treatment answers most admirably. One of the 

 lodge keepers had for several years grown some of these plants in green 

 boxes, much superior to what Mr. B. had seen elsewhere. The success 

 resulted from the following treatment. He never shifted his plants 

 out of the same soil or boxes for several years, and yet every succeeding 

 season tliey were better and better. When he could no longer trust 

 them to the frost, he carefully cut off" all the leaves, kept the plants 

 quite dry in a spare room all winter, and as soon as the sun had power 

 in March, he brought them out in the day, and took them back at 

 night, but no water was given till the leaves appeared, Mr. Beaton 

 adds, he can confidently recommend it as the best plan he has seen, and 

 ought to be adopted with all the scarlets grown in pots or boxes. The 

 plants bloom more early and profuse, also very fine. 



The Gardenias (Cape Jasmines). — We suppose every visitor of 

 the floral establishments, shops, stalls, &c. in Covent Garden, and 

 around London, have become acquainted with, and admirers of this 

 charming, deliciously fragrant tribe of flowers. They are to be had all 

 the year, but especially in the early period thereof. The plants force 

 well, and bloom profusely. 



The desideratum in culture is to grow them in moist peat, and to 

 have them in a hot bed frame, plunged up to the rim of the pot. Thus 

 circumstanced, they flourish, and are saved from red spider, or any 

 other insect. In this way, with proper attention to water, air, &c., 

 the extensive cultivators bloom them with surprising success. Cuttings 

 taken off" as soon as the last shoots have made their growth, inserted in 

 sand, and under a bell glass, plunged in a_^hot bed frame, strike very 

 readily. 



On Portulacca Thellusonii. — Treated as a half-hardy annual, 

 the seeds of this beautiful flower may be sown in the beginning of 

 March, on a gentle hot-bed, protected by common mats or thick can- 



