52 ON THE CULTURE OF SALPIGLOSSISES. 



ARTICLE II.— On the Culture of Salpiglossises. By 

 Mr. Thomas Appleby, Gardener to the Rev. J. A. 

 Rhodes, Horsforth-Hall, near Leeds. 



For the information of such of your readers as may be desirous 

 of cultivating this singularly beautiful family of plants, I now, 

 agreeably to a former promise, send you an account of a method 

 practised here, which is perfectly satisfactory to me. 



Some time in March I sow the seed, covering it about one-eighth 

 of an inch, in wide-mouthed and hollow pots, well drained, in a 

 compost of light yellow loam and heath mould in equal parts, 

 adding about one-sixth of fine white sand, and place them on a 

 shelf close to the glass in the stove, (a cucumber bed might do, but 

 on account of the damp there, I prefer the stove,) watering with a 

 fine syringe, so as to keep the soil just moist. As soon as they 

 have four leaves each, I pot them into sixties, one in each, in the 

 same compost, only adding a little fine vegetable mould, taking 

 care to drain well with broken pots about the size of peas. I 

 place them again on the shelf before mentioned, shading them 

 until they can bear the light without flagging. 



As the plants advance in growth they are potted into larger pots 

 four times. I flower them in pots about six inches wide and 

 eight deep. To cause them to flower strong, I remove them after 

 the third potting into a cold frame, facing the south, and on all 

 fine days expose them, by drawing off the lights, to the full air 

 and sun. This makes them grow stiff and bushy. When the 

 greenhouse plants are removed into their summer situation, I 

 give the Salpiglossises their last potting, and take them into the 

 greenhouse, giving every day plenty of air, and I find they flower 

 much finer for the previous exposure. 



Salpiglossises will grow and flower in the garden in a satisfactoiy 

 manner, provided they are planted out from the pots about the 1st 

 of June, in rich dry soil, and a sheltered situation ; but in my opi- 

 nion, and my success bears me out, the situation to shew them to 

 the greatest advantage, is in the greenhouse amongst Cockscombs, 

 Balsams, Triverania coccinea, and some species of Gloxinia. 

 There they will flower admirably, and with proper management 

 produce seed in abundance. 



J usually sow a little seed in September, for the purpose of 



