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which I had always hitherto seen kept (at least in winter) in the 

 stoves and green-houses. Many died, hut some have flourished. 

 The Erythrina Crista (Jalli is one which h;us succeeded: it had 

 a far better bloom the second season than the first ; and at this 

 present moment, which is the third season, it has three stems of 

 fine flowers upon it. My method of treatment was as follows : — 

 I planted it out about April 1831, in an east border, against an 

 east wall, which gets the sun about twelve o'clock ; it threw irp two 

 stems, each about two feet high, but flowered rather weakly. In 

 October I cut it down, and put a hand-glass over the stem and 

 loot. In April 1*32 it pushed several shoots, which I reduced 

 to two ; and in August and September it bloomed splendidly, each 

 flower-stem reaching about six feet high, and the bloom being 

 much liner than I, and several gardeners who happened just then 

 to visit, my nurseries, had ever seen it in pots. I cut it down as 

 before, and it remained without any protection from glass, mulch, 

 &c. ; and in 1833 it again put out shoots stronger and better than 

 ever. When well grown in a rich sandy soil, I think it excels 

 almost any hardy plant I knew. 



Si unc other green-house, and even stove plants, have lived ont 

 two winters ; and should they continue to flourish, I will trouble 

 you with a few remarks on them also, 



William Barhatt, 

 Wakefield, August lib, 1834. 



ARTICLE III. — On the Culture of Carnations, and 

 Raising them from Seed. By Mr. D. Peakce. 



Il> i' with I send you a few practical remarks on the culture of 

 the Carnation, hoping that they will prove acceptable to your 

 read< 



From Si fit. — Choose such plants as possess the very best pm- 

 ■ erj i'-p«-it except being double; that is, let the colours 

 l.< , J . .ii- and vivid, tin |>. tain strong and well placed, &c, When 

 tin- plants to beat nd. in selected, place the pots upon a stage 

 in an open situation, sheltering the flowers from rain by a covering. 

 Give Lbem a regular supply of water until the seed is perfectly 

 ripe, which will be in August, uud may be known by the capsules 



