1?0 BKILF KEMABKS. 



Roses.— The vigour of the bloom is very much promoted by giving 

 the roots a good watering once a-week with liquid-immure. The 

 drainage from a faim or stable-yard is just the article to apply. 

 Where it is strong, it should be diluted with an equal quantity of rain 

 or pond-water, which is better than well-water; the latter should be 

 pumped into a tank or shallow reservoir, to be exposed for a day or 

 two before using. The application of liquid-manure to Carnations, 

 Picotees, as well as other soft-wooded pot plants, or grown in beds, 

 borders, &c, is always much benefited thereby. It must not be 

 poured upon the foliage. Liquid- manure is easily provided by putting 

 a due portion of perfectly-decomposed manure into soft water, and 

 stirring it up occasionally. Use it when the sediment is settled. 



Victoria Regia. Royal Water Lily. — In a recent number 

 we noticed this noble plant, and suggested the propriety of attempts to 

 grow it out of doors, as well as attempts at the production of InbrMs 

 between it and the common Water Lilies. We now have to remark 

 that Messrs. Weeks and Co., of Chelsea, have attempted to cultivate 

 the Royal Water Lily in an open heated pond. The plant flourishes 

 admirably; the leaves (five of them) are about four feet across, and 

 when we visited the place, on the 17th of May, its first flower was 

 fully expanded, and another bud nearly so. Up to a day or two 

 before t lie flower expanded, the plant had been protected in some 

 degree by a fiame, the sides of which dipped into the water. IS'o 

 doubt need be entertained of its ultimate success, and where there is 

 the advantage of the warm reservoirs, &c, in connexion with the 

 engines worked in the large factories of Yorkshire, Lancashire, &c, 

 ihe plant may be cultivated most successfully ; and vvheie a basin, or 

 tank, can be formed near to a stove or plant-house, heated by steam or 

 hot water, it will be an easy matter to have a pipe, or more, pass across 

 the same, at a suitable depth in the water, and, thus heated, would 

 answer satisfactorily. 



Salvia patens and Salvia patens alba. — My flower-garden is 

 sheltered from the west, north, and east winds. Last year I had in it 

 two beds of the above plants. One was of a circular form, and the 

 other star-shaped, with a circular centre. I had them planted in the 

 following manner, and as they are of similar giowth, they grouped well 

 together. The centre portion of the circular bed was planted with the 

 white-flowered, and a broad margin around it with the blue. The 

 centre portion of the star-shaped bed was planted with the white, and 

 the angular parts with the blue. The effect was most strikingly pretty, 

 and wherever adopted will be much admired. Being protected from 

 strong wind, the flowers did not suffer, but displayed their beauties 

 fully. — Clericus. 



Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum Society. — Mr. Taylor re- 

 cently delivered a lecture on the culture of the Chrysanthemum ; and he 

 observed, " I prefer propagating as soon after the bloom is over as 1 can 

 get cuttings, as by striking early it enables the young plant to store up 

 sufficient matter to meet the demands in the growing season, for in my 

 opinion it cannot be grown too vigorous. I prefer the strongest 

 suckers, with a portion of roots to each." In a three-inch pot, with a 



