ON THE CULTURE OF THE GENUS NUTTALLIA. 125 



seedlings by me in the garden, and had they been exposed to the 

 intense heat of the sun and not watered, I should have lost them 

 to a plant. In the month of August, the foilage will begin to 

 decay, and when sufficiently ripe, the roots must be taken up, which 

 can be easily done in the following manner : — Take about one 

 inch and a half off the surface of the pots, and place it on a table, 

 where you can easily discover the roots (some of which have only 

 one claw, and not larger than a common sewing needle); they are 

 to be put into a box covered with fine sand, and kept in a dry 

 place till the time of planting ; say the latter end of January, or 

 beginning of February. The first fine open weather, I plant my 

 seedlings, similar to the eld roots, with this difference : — the planting 

 board I make use of is only three inches from the centre of one 

 hole to the other ; after the holes are made, I put one root in a 

 hole with crown uppennost, and cover with some of the same 

 compost that use when I sow the seed ; after they are come up, 

 should the weather prove dry, they are watered every day, or 

 else^they will not bloom. I select the finest for my best bed, and 

 the remaining semi-doubles whose petals are good, finely striped, 

 spotted, or edged, I save my seed from. 



Hilperlon, June 11, 1833. James Miles. 



ARTICLE 111. — On the Ctdture and Propagation oj the 

 Genus Nuttallia, viz. diyitata pedata, and grandi- 

 Jlbra. By Mr. J. Menzies. 



I am not aware of any opinion having been given on tlie cul- 

 ture and propagation of the above beautiful j)lants, which if you 

 think worthy of a place in the Floricultural Cabinet, they are 

 freel\' given. 



The Nullallias arc natives of North America, and from their 

 scanty production of shoots and tlic uncertainty of raising them 

 from seeds, liithcito arc scarcely to be seen amongst collections of 

 ornamental plants. 



The jduiits in March being turned out of pots on abed, the 

 soil of which is a mixture of peat, loam, and vegetable soil, they 

 will grow Id the height of four feet ; after flowering, which will 



