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other causes ; the accumulation of crude excrescences about the roots 

 inay, to a degree, accelerate it, from the want of proper drainage ; 

 want of proper attention to watering will cause it. But I find I 

 am going to too great a length, and will conclude by giving the 

 plan which I pursue, with success, to my satisfaction. I take it for 

 granted, that tlie air of Edinburgh is as pure and as congenial for tlie 

 growth of plants as it is at Manchester. I grow my plants in rooms, 

 not having a greenhouse ; I have some fine sorts ; I let them rest in 

 the winter. In frosty weather I Jay them on tlieir sides, and cover 

 with a mat : at the proper time I repot them, in light ricii stuff, with 

 plenty of drainage, and put them in the windows of the rooms. As 

 tiie foliage proceeds to grow, I give them all the air I can, and water 

 with manure water, sometimes Guano water, and sometimes dung 

 water. At the beginning of the season the foliage is watered witii 

 rain water twice a weelv ; as the season advances this watering of the 

 foliage, blooms and all, is done every day ; and my Fuchsias please me 

 well : this 'keeps them perfectly clean, and the absolution tiiat takes 

 place proves beneficial to the plant, increasing its vigour, and gives it 

 strength to perfect its blooms and keeps it longer in that state to give 

 satisfaction. I think that if Mr. F. and iiis friends will pursue this 

 plan their misfortunes will be at an end. 



NEW HOLLAND SEEDS. 



BY LETETIA. 



Recently I have received a quantity of seeds from New Holland, of 

 different species and sizes, when, and how am I to sow them, &c. ? 



[Sow them early in February : a convenient plan to adopt is to take 

 shallow pots, about six inches across, well drain them, and fill to M'ithin 

 about an inch of the top with fine soil, consisting of peat and loam, the 

 latter preponderating, both tolerably dry, and with enough sand inter- 

 mixed to make the mixture appear sandy ; this should be gently 

 pressed smooth, and marked into four divisions ; a portion of each 

 packet of seed, properly labelled, is then to be sown either in one or in 

 two of these divisions, according to tlie quantity, selecting seeds of 

 nearly equal size to be sown in the same pot, in order that the same 

 depth of covering may be proper for all ; the labels should be placed 

 close together in tlie centre, exactly facing the division in which tlie 

 corresponding seeds are sown ; the pots should be placed in a mild hot 

 bed, and the soil covered and shaded so as to prevent its drying, by 

 using a little clean moss or something equally effectual ; the least 

 quantity of water that will suffice to keep the soil fiom getting dry, 

 will be found most desirable, and the covering and shading will in 

 great measure prevent the dryness ; avoid steam, by frequently airing 

 the frame ; and when the seedlings are fairly up, tiansplant them into 

 small pots, or prick them into larger ones, as may be convenient. In 

 all cases be careful to preserve correctly whatever memorantlums there 

 may be, especially those referring to the native locality whence the 

 seeds were imported.] 



