ON FLOWERING GERANIUMS THROUGHOUT WINTER. 129 



pretty ample experience as to the nature of the labour, and also 

 the advantages to be derived both to the employer and the em- 

 ployed, that iu letting all kinds of work that possibly could be let, 

 1 have invariably found it to be attended with very considerable 

 advantages to both parties. Men are always willing to give a 

 greater quantity of labour for the same money, if, by additional 

 exertion on their own part, they are enabled to earn a little more 

 per day. Robt. Marnock. 



ARTICLE III.— On the Culture of Geraniums (Pelar- 

 yoniums J, so as to cause them to bloom throughout 

 l\ inter. By Mr. William Denver, Gardener to 

 Lady Webster, Battle Abbey, Sussex. 



Observing, in page 69, Vol. II. of the Floricultural Cabinet, 

 that a Querist, "J. T.," requests information on the treatment of 

 Geraniums (Pelargoniums), so as to have them to flower throughout, 

 tin- winter season, I am induced to forward the following detail of 

 culture, which, if practised by "J. T.," will, I am confident, fully 

 answer every expectation. 



The first week in May put in cuttings to strike, placing them 

 in moist heat. As soon as they are rooted, pot them into sixty - 

 si/.til pots, and replace them in the frame for a week, to assist 

 them in striking root afresh. At the end of that time, remove 

 them to a cool frame, or a sheltered place, where they can have 

 plenty of air, without being exposed to strong winds. By this 

 means the plants will get stout and bushy. The pots should be 

 plan '1 upon coal-ashes, an inch or two deep, in order to prevent 

 worms getting into the pots. The second week in August, repot 

 the plants into forty-eights. If any flower-buds appear during 

 this month, cut or pinch them off, but do not shorten the points 

 of the shoots ; for if this be done at any time after the middle of 

 June, the plants will not bloom the following winter. 



I'.. the above mode of culture, the greenhouse at Battle Abbey 

 ■ en quite gay with flowering Pelargoniums throughout winter. 



About the end of April, cut down those plants which bloomed 

 in winter, and place them in a cool frame : by this means space 

 will be given for those that are to bloom in summer. As soon as 



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