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place in the system. Any pruning necessary is performed at this 

 juncture ; no plant can succeed better, after judicious pruning, than 

 the Camellia. 



See that Lilium speciosum, &c, are not saturated by watering. Let 

 the Azaleas be re-potted, and they must be pushed on by additional 

 warmth : an increase of pot-room contributes to vigour. 



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Tyso on the Anemone. (Published by Jackson and Walford, St. Paul's 



Churchyard, London, and may also be had of the Author, Walling- 



ford, Berks.) 

 Most of our readers are familiar with the name of the respected author. 

 He has long been known as one of the most extensive growers (and 

 probably the best cultivator) of the lovely tribe of Ranunculuses: he is 

 also equally celebrated for successfully cultivating the charming com- 

 panions to the above, viz., the double flowered Anemonies. The 

 excellent pamphlet on the culture of the Ranunculus, which he wrote 

 two or three years ago, was much appreciated, and the one now 

 issued on the Anemone will be found to contain all that can be wished 

 for on the successful treatment o'f those handsome blooming plants. 

 It embodies the particular treatment pursued by a clever practical cul- 

 tivator of these and all other florists' flowers. The following is a 

 specimen of its utility : — 



" Soil. — The soil should be a friable loam, in which gritty particles 

 abound. Decayed turves form an excellent basis for compost. The 

 manure to be added should be vegetable in preference to animal, and 

 be incorporated with the soil, rather than deposited in a layer below 

 the tubers. 



" Time of Planting. — There are two seasons for planting, viz., the 

 middle of October and the end of January. The early vegetation of 

 such roots as are left in the ground would intimate that the former is 

 the most natural season ; and, undoubtedly, October planted tubers 

 make stronger plants, throw up more flower burls, flower earlier, and, 

 when the season is favourable, mature finer blossoms than those that are 

 planted in spring. The main drawback is, that the blossoms expand 

 before frosts have ceased, and hence a larger amount of care and pro- 

 tection is requisite. A bed planted the first week in October. 1849, 

 was in beautiful bloom the 12th of May, 1850; and on the 16th of that 

 month, the thermometer only a few yards distant registered 25 degrees, 

 which would have ruined the blossoms had they not been sheltered. 



" Planting, fyc. — Make a bed of your prepared compost in a shel- 

 tered spot in the garden, where the subsoil is pretty well drained : 

 3 feet 4 inches will be found a convenient width, atid at least 15 inches 

 in depth. Protect it from heavy rains, so that it be tolerably dry when 

 required for planting. Rake the surface level, and mark the bed in 

 cross rows. Plant five roots in a row, which will. allow 6 or 7 inches 

 apart. As the tubers are varied in form and size, the hand or a trowel 

 should be used to make the holes, 2 inches deep, and large enough to 

 admit the root to rest evenly on the soil ; avoiding much pressure, as 

 the limbs of the tubers are often slenderlv attached to the crown, and 

 are easilv broken off. ' 



