THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



MARCH 1st, 1835. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I.— On the Culture of the Polyanthus, uitk 

 some Observations on Raising Seedlings. By Inno- 

 vator. 

 Having purchased a number of the best kinds, I pot them in 

 twenty-four or sixteen sized pots, according to the size of the 

 plants, never placing more than one crown in each pot ; if any oi 

 the plants possess two or more crowns I part them, by rending 

 them in pieces, as they never do well afterwards if separated with 

 a knife. I then cut off all the leaves with the exception of one 

 or two of the innermost, and pot them in the following compost, 

 which is mixed up in May, and turned over several times during 

 the summer ; viz. : two barrowsful of good rich loam, one barrow- 

 ful of half-fresh horse droppings, and half-a-barrowful of cow 

 dung. In potting, I place a small oyster shell over the hole in 

 the bottom of each pot, upon this a little moss is placed, and then 

 it is filled to within two inches of the top with the above compost, 

 which is put in so as to form a cone; upon this cone the plant 

 is placed with the roots spread out equally on all sides : I then 

 cover it with the compost till the crown of the plant is scarcely 

 \i-ibb; : after this I water them, but I always take care that it does 

 not settle in tbe hearfe of the plants, as it would immediately rot 

 them. As me plants grow I keep earthing them up with fresh 

 compost, for on tliis depends the whole success of growing them 

 in puts. As soon as the plants aTe potted, which L always perform 



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