218 on the culture of erythrina crista galli. 



Hyacinths. 

 1. — One-third sea or river sand; one-third loam; one-fourth 

 rotten cow-dung ; one-twelfth leaf-mould. 



2. — Two-sixths grey sand ; two-sixths well-rotted cow-dung ; 

 one-sixth tanners' bark, quite rotted ; one-sixth tree leaves, well 

 rotted. 



Pinks. 

 Two-thirds loam ; one-third two-year-old cow-dung. 



Tulips. 

 Good sound loam. 



Auriculas. 

 1. — One barrowful of loam ; one do. leaf-mould ; one do. old 

 frame-dung ; one do. two-year-old cow-dung ; one peck of river 

 sand. 



2. — Two barrowfuls of sandy loam ; one do. leaf-mould : one 

 do. two-year-old cow-dung. 



3. One-half rotten cow-dung; one-sixth loam ; one-eighth leaf- 

 mould ; one-twelfth sand ; one-twenty-fourth decayed willow wood ; 

 one-twenty-fourth peat ; one-twenty -fourth ashes of burnt vegeta- 

 bles. 



Polyanthuses. 



1, — One barrowful of sandy loam; one peck of leaf-mould ; 

 one do. old cow-dung. 



2. — One barrowful of well-rotted cow-dung, or leaf-mould ; one- 

 half do. white sand ; two do. good loam. 



Heartsease. 

 Three barrowfuls of fresh loam ; one do. one-year-old horse- 

 dung ; one peck of sand. 



An Ardent Amateur. 



ARTICLE II. — An Experiment on the Culture of the 

 Erythrina Crista Galli in the open Border. By Mr. 

 Wm. Barratt, Nurseryman, Wakefield. 

 Having long thought it possible to make many valuable addi- 

 tions to our beds of flowers in the open air, (I mean of such sorts 

 as would bear being planted and left there during the winter sea- 

 son,) I was induced some years ago to try several kinds of plants 



