ON THE CHINA ROSE — ON RAISING DAHLIAS FROM SEED. 149 

 The foregoing treatment applies only to Hyacinths, Narcissuses, 

 Early Tulips, Jonquils, Crocuses, and Amaryllis Jacob«as, if 

 imported. Thos. ApplebyU 



Janmnjith, 1834. 



ARTICLE IV.— On the Culture of the China Rose. 

 By Mr. W. Mountford, Warleigh Gardens, near 

 Bath. 

 In cultivating the Rosa odorata, or Tea-scented Rose, I have 

 practised the following method with great success: — Early in 

 January or February, I take some pots of plants into a stove, 

 which is heated to 60 to 70 degrees of heat. In the course of a 

 short time, there are some young shoots ready, which, as soon as 

 thev have five or six leaves, I take off, and strip some of the under 

 leaves from them, finishing them with a clean cut at a joint- 

 Having prepared the cuttings, I next prepare some 48-sized pots 

 with two parts fine sand, one part sandy peat, and one part leaf- 

 mould. I then insert several in each pot, and, with a fine-rose 

 watering pot, give them water just sufficient to settle the earth. I 

 then plunge them into a hotbed frame — or they will strike equally 

 well in the stove, provided they are covered with a small bell glass. 

 After they have taken root, I pot them off into 60's, using at this 

 time sandy loam and leaf-mould. About the middle of May, I 

 turn a quantity out into the beds and borders in the flower garden, 

 where they bloom exceedingly well, and fill the air with that deli- 

 cious fragrance that is exhaled from them. The remainder I keep 

 in pots, to supply any place that may require them. 



] f the above is worthy a place in your Florist's Magazine, you 

 are at liberty to insert it. W. Mountford. 



Warleigh Gardens, Dec. 8th, 1833. 



ARTICLE V. — On Raising Dahlias from Seed. By 

 Mr. D. Peaiu i 



T*o o! your Correspondents having expressed a desire fbr 

 information on raising Dahlias from seed, 1 now subjoin a few 

 mnuks, hoping they will prove acceptable. 



