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tlie other kinds of plants I sow seeds the first week m Bejitember, 

 and place them in a hot-bed frame till up. I then ti'ansplaut the 

 number required into small 60-sized pots. I harden the plants 

 gi-adually. In spring, about the end of March, I repot into larger 

 pots. By the middle of May, I turn them out into the open 

 borders, placing them on their sides. When the plants are fixed, 

 it is necessary to secure tlaem down by pegs. In a short lime, 

 the tops will begin to rise, and in a fortnight they will generally 

 liave an erect growth. They will soon fomi a mass of flowers, 

 with the ends not rising many inches from the gi'ound ; and as 

 lateral shoots will continue to grow, a continued and increased 

 profusion of flowers will be the result, the oblique position of the 

 ])lants tending to cause an increased production of blossoms. 

 When I wish to have the above-named plants to coiTespond in 

 size with different dwarf kinds, I lay them down accordingly, and 

 jieg down at the place I desire tlie bend to commence. I have 

 adoi)ted the same plan with Dahlias, and they answer admirably. 

 The sorts \^ath which I tried were upright flowering kinds, and 

 not droojiing flowers. For beds of a sort, the above kinds, thus 

 treated, make a most pleasing diversity. I have laid blue slates 

 under some of the kinds, and I find it answer a good pm-pose, 

 the absorbing rays of heat gi-eatly tending to mature the jjlants, 

 blossoms, &c. Wm. Hedge. 



Sept. I9lk, 1833. 



PART II. 



EXTRACTS. 



Plants figured in the following Periodicals for November : — 

 Curlis's Botanical Magazine, 3s. 6d. coloured, 3s. plain. EdiU'd 

 by Dr. Hookeu, King's Professor of Botany in the Univer- 

 sity of (jlasgow. 



I. /'I'mWrrt .«y/rM/n», wood Pimclca; class, Diandiia; order, Monogynia; 

 nnt. ord. 'I'hyiii.lf.i-. A handsome ga-fiilionsu ?hriil), tvitli ratlii-r copious 

 gri'tu and rouiidvd UraiicliM, cjuiie smooth. Liavis oj)j)osilc and decussalul 



