ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE PINK. 101 



young wood, cutting them at the fourth joint from the top of each 

 shoot ; I insert them in sand, cover them with a bell glass, and 

 place them in a hot-bed frame. In about ten or fourteen days. 

 I find them sufficiently rooted for transplanting into very small 

 sized pots, well drained with broken pieces of pot, upon which is 

 a layer of Sphagnum or bog nioss. The soil I use is light and 

 rich, and the Sphagnum not only acts as drainage, but also keeps 

 the light soil together when the plants are re-potted, and prevents 

 tlie roots being damaged. When the roots have filled the pots, I 

 successively remove the plants into larger. This is very soon 

 required, as tliis class of Calceolarias produce an amazing quantity 

 of roots in a very short time. Wlien the j^lants have reached the 

 glass of the frame lights, I remove them to a Greenhouse ; early 

 in August I turn them out into a deep pit at the back of the 

 Greenhouse, where they become one mass of flowers. I have 

 (April 16th) plants with 18 spikes each, which on an average 

 contain 60 or 70 flowers. I frequently use in watering the drain- 

 ings from a dunghill. If the above remarks are considered worthy 

 of insertion in your delightful flower Magazine, I shall be glad to 

 see them inserted, and beg to assure you I shall have much plea- 

 sure in sending you other remarks on Floriculture from time to 

 time. 



Marten Hall, April 16, lb33. T. K. Shoht. 



ARTICLE LY.—Oh the Cultivation of the Pink. By 

 Mr. John Reveli-, Florist, Sheffield. 



The Pink is a, much more hardy plant than the Carnation, and 

 less liable to the casualties incident to the latter. The best 

 method of cultivating the Pink that has ever come under my 

 observation or practise, is in the following manner : — 



The compost of the beds should be composed of fresh loamy soil, 

 mixed with an equal proportion of cow dung, which should be two 

 years old. These materials must be well incorporated together by 

 frequent digging. The bods in which blooming jilants are to be 

 grown, should be some little liigher than the surrounding surliice, 

 Hud the surface of the bed must be foiincd so as to have it convex, 



