10 REVIEW^S, 



lu February or March I take the ends of the shoots from the old 

 plants, which had been kept in a greenhouse, and prepare each cutting 

 by dressing off a few of the bottom leaves, and cutting through the 

 stalk close under a joint. I insert these cuttings in a pot, planting 

 them in white sand ; and after placing a bell glass over them, plunge 

 them in a hotbed frame, the heat not being very powerful. Care is 

 taken to wipe out the bell glass every day to prevent the cuttings damp- 

 ing off. In a month or five weeks I find them sufficiently rooted to 

 bear removing into small pots. The soil I use is a very rich light loam. 

 They are again placed in a hotbed frame, and kept there till the tops 

 reach the glass ; they are then removed into the greenhouse for a short 

 time, so as to inure them regularly to the climate of the open air. 



In planting them out in the open ground, the best situation I find is 

 to place them against a south wall, in a very light rich soil. Plants 

 treated as above stated, have with me reached the height of six or eight 

 feet, and produced spikes of flowers quite splendid. 



The plants now require staking or otherwise securing to the wall, to 

 prevent their being broken with the wind. 



in September I again take off some of the ends of the shoots, cutting 

 them off close under the sixth joint, and plant them singly in 60 sized 

 pots, plunging them in an agreeable hotbed frame. When the pots are 

 full of roots, I remove them into 30 sized ones, placing them in the 

 greenhouse, where they bloom most profusely from November until 

 February. During all the time from planting until flowering, they re- 

 quire a very liberal supply of water. 



Marten Hall, Jan. 3rd, 1833. T. K. Shokt. 



PART II. 



REVIEWS. 



The beauties of the vegetable Kingdom are so varied and striking, that 

 they have engaged the attention and admiration of all classes of society, 

 but all have not alike the objects or opportunity of an equal gratification 

 afforded them. A very numerous class of persons have it not in their 

 power either to possess, cultivate, or even obtain a sight of many of the 

 splendid productions of the earth. This is more particularly the case 

 with reference to the imported treasures of plants that are transmitted 

 from other climes to this country. 



