6 OS BLOOMING DOlBl.i STOCKS IN I OTS. 



they should be put down in a book, arranging them according to 

 height, colour, and flowering months. 



rimlico. An Old Subscriber. 



ARTICLE III— On the Bloomiiuj of Double Stocks in 

 Pots. By W. J. P. 



The universal estimation in which this delightful annual is held 

 by the lovers of the floral world, induces me to offer for insertion 

 jn the Cabinet, the following remarks on what I, with every sub- 

 mission to superior judgment, conceive to be a method meriting 

 adoption. 



It is commonly known that innumerable quantities of plants of 

 the Scarlet and White Stock are annually bloomed in pots; but 

 the difficulty which occurs in procuring strong blooming plants in 

 pots, without the aid of a greenhouse, has rendered the system 

 somewhat unpopular with many amateur florists, who naturally 

 dislike to see a degenerate growth and an indifferent bloom in pot.s 

 after witnessing the handsome appearance which they present in 

 their flower-beds and borders. The neat rich foliage, and the fra- 

 grant property and good continuation of the bloom of the annual 

 Stock, combine to render it a most pleasing and desirable plant to 

 grace the stands of flower-gardens, and the balconies, verandahs, 

 and windows of dwelling-houses. Hence it becomes an object 

 with the florist to direct his attention to blooming the Stock in 

 pots, in the way best calculated to approach the perfection which 

 it attains, when properly treated, in the flower-beds. 



I shall first observe, that in order to ensure vigorous plants for 

 early bloom, it is indispensable that the seed be sown in a frame 

 late in the autumn, giving the advantage of all mild weather, but 

 closing the lights at night, and affording sufficient protection of 

 matting during the severity of winter. Some are sown as late as 

 Christmas, weather permitting! The seed sown in spring will 

 never produce plants so early, if so line, as the autumnal-sow n 

 plants. But as this is not the point to which my present purpose 

 is directed, I shall not now dwell minutely upon it ; as those who 

 are not desirous of the trouble and nicety attendant on raising 

 uutumnal-sown Stocks, can always be supplied, at a moderate cost, 



