THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



OCTOBER 1st, 1834. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I.— On the Composts suitable for growing 

 Florists' 1 Flowers. By An Ardent Amateur. 



Once move I trouble you with a few remarks on different com- 

 , which you are welcome to insert in your very useful little 

 Magazine, should you approve of them. Having often experi- 

 enced the inconvenience of being obliged to refer from one book 

 to another for a description of the composts suitable for different 

 Sowers, I have collected some of the most approved together, 

 thinking they might be useful to many of your readers. I will 

 begin with 



Carnations. 



1. — Two-thirds fresh loam ; one-third rotten frame-dung, with 

 B little sand. 



2. — One-half loam ; one-half rotten frame-dung, with a little 

 •in id. 



3. — Five-sixths of No. 1 or No. 2 ; one-sixth leaf-mould, good 

 l..r I'i.oi 



4. — One-third Ibornj one-third peat; one-third two-year-old 



i nu dung. 



Ram m i I' BM and Akemonies. 

 Two-third loan ; one-third rotten cow-dung. 

 Dahlias and Narcissuses. 

 i ■ un well manured. 

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