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the plants begin to push shoots, repot those that require it, and 

 set them out in the open air, on a floor of coal-ashes : the plants 

 will then flower in August and September. 



Cuttings should be struck every year, and cast away, by plant- 

 ing out in open borders, &c. all the old plants. 



If "J. T." will attentively adopt the above method of culture, 

 he may have Pelargoniums in flower every month in the year. I 

 am ready to admit that the blossoms are not equally fine at every 

 season : they are, of course, finest during the summer period of 

 the year. 



The following sorts will flower freely during winter : — P. glori- 

 anum (Queen of Portugal), Moore's Victory, Red Rover (very 

 good,) Paganini, P. lucidum, Brighton Scarlet, La Belle Gabriel, 

 Gower's Masterpiece, P. dipetalum, P. roseum, Anne Boleyn, 

 Humeii, P. rloribundum, carneum, Grenvillianum, ignescens, 

 ardens, coreatum, bicolor, scabrum, candidum, Man of Ross (very 

 good). 



If convenient, a few plants should be placed in a warmer place 

 than a greenhouse in December, which will help them forward 

 for blooming in January and February. 



William Denyer. 



ARTICLE IV.— On Reviving Plants. By Snowdrop. 



It may perhaps be useful to state the method I have adopted to 

 recover withered plants. I lately received some Pinks and Car- 

 nations from a friend, which had been packed at least 17 days 

 before they came to hand, and had travelled upwards of 160 miles. 

 When I opened the parcel, the Pinks were very much withered ; 

 , indeed, the grass had nearly become hay, and the earth and moss 

 round the roots were perfectly dry : but the Carnations, though in 

 a very bad state, were looking a little greener than the Pinks. I 

 immediately placed them, as they were, with the moss around 

 them, in a pan of spring water, into which I had dissolved some 

 nitre — about a small tea-spoonful to a quart. Here they remained 

 for 24 hours, at the end of which time the Carnations had entirely 

 recovered their fresh green appearance, and in 48 hours the Pinks 

 looked nearly as well. I planted them immediately on taking 



