196 ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE TOIYANTHUS. 



they will continue to flower till Christmas, when a few cuttings 

 may be taken oft" for early propagation, and the old roots thrown 

 away. 



I have thus endeavoured, in as short a space as possible, to pen 

 down my process ; and I do not hesitate to say that it will, after 

 a fair trial, satisfy every grower of this native of the Peruvian 

 shores. If you deem the remarks worthy of admission into the 

 valuable pages of the Floricultural Cabinet, they are entirely at 

 your service. Frederic F. Asheord. 



Somerford Booths, dpril '21th, 1834. 



[H. coryiTibosnm is far superior to the above species for being cultivated in 

 the open border. — Cond,] 



ARTICLE II. — On the Cultivation and Raising of the 

 Polyanthus. By Mr. John Revell, Florist, Pits- 

 moor, Sheffield. 



The Polyanthus being a flower which I have grown to a great 

 degree of perfection for several years, I herewith forward you my 

 mode of treatment. The following is the compost which I have 

 found to succeed the best : — 3 barrowfuls of light maiden soil ; 

 one do. of horse dung, six weeks old ; one do. of decayed leaf- 

 mould. Those plants that I intend for show, such as Water- 

 house's George the Fourth, Pearson's Alexander the Great, Crown- 

 shaw's Invincible, Burnard's Formosa, &c. &c, I plant in August; 

 for if done sooner they are in bloom too soon for the show, which 

 takes place about the latter end of April or beginning of May. In 

 parting the old roots, I cut off all the leaves, then pot them in the 

 above stated compost, and place them in a shady situation, where 

 I let them remain till November, at which time I remove them to 

 their winter situation, which is a pit built of brick, and sunk two 

 feet below the level of the surface of the earth, so that when the 

 pots are placed in the pit, the rims of the pots are no higher than 

 the surrounding surface ; this pit is covered with wooden shutters, 

 instead of glass lights, in order to secure the plants from the effect- 

 of sudden frosts during the winter. I suffer them to receive all 

 the gentle showers that fall during February and March. W hen 

 the plants have thrown up their flower stems and the truss is 

 formed, I cut out the centre small buds, leaving the largest; I 



