194 ON THE CULTIVATION OF SWEET-SCENTED VIOLETS. 



well rotted sods and manure. The pots were placed in a stove- 

 frame, and were watered occasionally whenever the soil seemed to 

 require it. The young plants made their appearance in April, 

 and were left in the same pot till they grew to the size of two 

 inches, when, as they were crowding each other too much, it was 

 necessary to remove them, which I did, by transplanting three or 

 four plants into another pot. They were put hack into the stove- 

 frame until they were hecome strong plants and had shown the 

 first prickly leaves, when they were removed into the open air in 

 the pots for a short time to harden, and they were turned out into 

 the open border in all kinds of exposures in the month of May; 

 the soil of my garden is a good loose loam. 



I do not of course expect these young plants to flower till next 

 year, and I do not think they will require any protection during 

 next winter, unless the weather is very severe. 



In conclusion, I wish your correspondent S. O. H. were a little 

 nearer me, as I should have great pleasure in forwarding some 

 plants, which I can very well spare from my superabundant stock, 

 as next to cultivating plants yourself, I think there is no greater 

 pleasure than in dispersing them among your neighbours, and 

 affording them some of the enjoyment yon derive from them 

 yourself. ft. 



Liverpool, July 20, 1835. 



ARTICLE IT.— On the Cultivation of Sweet -scented 

 Violets ( Viola odorata). By Mr. William King, 

 Gardener, Winvoe Castle, near Cardiff. 



Having seen several questions in the Floricullural Cabinet on 

 Violets, and not having seen any thing appear on the subject, I 

 have selected a few which I consider worth cultivating, and may 

 be of use to some of your numerous readers, if you think it worthy 

 a place in the Cabinet. 



The Neapolitan Violet. — I believe this is the first-rate flower of 

 Violets in cultivation, but it requires winter protection. About the 

 end of April take the old roots and part them, plant them out in beds 

 on a north or north-east border, there to remain till the end of 

 September, then take them up and pot them in thirty, two sized 



