274 ON RAISING THE CHELONE BARBATA FROM SEED. 



stems. After heading down, I place the plants in cool frames, 

 where I keep a small supply of tan, for the winter. In this situ- 

 ation the plants generally lose most of their leaves, but they retain 

 life. 



About the first week m May, or even earlier, 1 pot the plants 1 

 struck last June, and which have been kept in GO's, into 32-sized 

 pots ; and the cuttings I struck in August, into 60s, and when 

 grown sufficiently, into 32's. 



The compost in which I grow the Heliotrope consists of one- 

 half well-rotted dung, one-fourth loam, and the remainder river 

 sand and vegetable mould. 



I keep no old plants that are more than three years old at the 

 utmost, the stems after that becoming ragged and unsightly, nor 

 do they bloom as well as young plants ; but I keep all my plants 

 young, and therefore they are vigorous and handsome. The old 

 plants that I no longer want for pots, I turn out into the open 

 border, where their delightful fragrance amply compensates for any 

 situation they occupy. They bloom more vigorously in the open 

 border than when in pots, but in the latter they furnish a supply 

 of bloom for a room, green-house, or conservatory, and they will 

 far more than repay for any trouble bestowed upon them with a 

 continued bloom from March till December. At the latter end of 



the year, as well as for spring blooming, the moderate heat of a 



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stove will be required. 



During November and December, when Chrysanthemums are 



in blossom, and intermixed with Heliotropes, young plants of 



Fuchsia microphylla, Alonsoas, white and purple kinds of Chinese 



Primroses, &c, they produce a splendid lively appearance, turning 



this dull season of the year into the gaiety of spring or summer. 





Walworth. Henry Ladds. 



N.B. If room can be spared in a hot-house for the last supply 

 of cuttings to strike in, I find them do well there, if shaded for a 

 day or two at first. 



ARTICLE VI.— On the Raising of the Chelone barbata 

 from Seed. By A. E. 



Having been a subscriber to the Floncultural Cabinet from its 

 commencement, and having therefrom derived much valuable hi- 



