ON GROWI>fG THE PINK. 147 



bear more thaii four blooms^ all otbei-s, as well as side biuls, should 

 be cut ofT as soon as they apjiear. When the flowers begin to ex- 

 pand, thoy must be shaded from sun and rain, and by supplying 

 thera with jjlenty of rain water poured between the rows, they will 

 continue in full bloom for more than a month. As soon as this is 

 over, you may commence piping : the safest way of doing it is as 

 follows. In a shady place raise a bed of cinder ashes and fresh 

 lime six inches high ; upon this place a square wood frame six 

 inches deep, and a little larger than the hand light you intend 

 using ; fill this with finely sifted mould and water it till thoroughly 

 soaked, then stick in your cuttings, previously made ready by cut- 

 ting them just btlow the second joint, from which you must strip 

 tho leaves, and insert them no deejjer than half way to the next 

 joint; then place the light firmly over them, and do not remove it 

 for a month ; pour a pot of water througli the rose upon the top of 

 the glass about once a week, this will keep the earth moist and 

 cool, and cause them to strike sooner. By following the above di- 

 rections your young growers will have the gratification of seeing 

 many of their best flowers a foot in circumference, particularly if 

 they grow such as Foster's William IV., Young's Marquis of Win- 

 chester, Troupe's Matchless, Ford's Victory, &c. &c. Perhaps 

 some of your readers may ^vish to know why I use lime, it is to 

 prevent earth-wonns getting into the bed as they soon destroy its 

 fertility, and, if it were not used in piping, I should find all my 

 cuttings huddled together in some spot and half buried in the mould. 

 If your Correspondent, Mr. Revell, would condescend to try it, I 

 have no doubt but he would be as sure to raise 150 from every 100, 

 as he now is of raising 9D from every 100, if he adopts no other 

 precaution than what he has detailed in your last number. 



Innovator. 

 July 181 h, 1833, 



P.S. If any further remarks upon Florist's flowers, the result of 

 15 years' experience, will be of any service, jou shall have them 

 at my convenience. 



(NoTK. — Our respected Concs|ion(knl. >vill liij^lily ()l)Iif;e us, by furwai'diog 

 Ui us any riuiurk.s b« way jikasu to cuuiiiiuiiiculc. — C'ond.J 



