1862.] REVIEWS. 155 



Jk^i^'tidTWiiii^'*^ Ga¥den, Flower, and AfffieuUur'al^SeefhOiy' 



J±\i-M%MHVAii'^^ idgi of Trees, Shrubs, Plants, etc. 



Jama's' ''L'o'TtiVi^i<'^^'i4;g!'Hcfe//ttm/ M/>7eme/if^; ^t<); ' '- • ■ , :j'^' ^s v/oig 



Mr. Lothian very considerately advises liis customers tliat 

 quantities of seeds are annually lost for want of attention to the 



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place where, tjhey ,ap^ sown, jto fhe ^ei^sqnffcir^committing-theni to 

 the earth, from slovenly ways of sowing, (sometimes too deep, 

 sometimes not deep enouah,) and by neglecting to protect them 

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vV e once had a lew seeds of a radish, — a sort extensively grown 

 about Brussels, — given us in early summer^ which we were in- 

 structed to commit to the soil immediately. This was done, and 

 MC soon had a large plant, with a stem full a yard high, but nei- 

 ther bulb nor seeds. It vras a large black, dense, rather warm kind^ 

 not much smaller than a hen's egg. If Mr. Lothian would let 

 us have a few seeds of his Black Spanish, which he directs to be 

 sown in September oi' October, we would try the experiment of 

 radish-groping again. But it is to be feared that the winters of 



London are not so congenial to brumal crops as 'tHe season and 



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climate or Aiull oi Cantyre. , •, , . , 



jQ,Jn sowjng "hardy annuals,^* Mr. Lothian says very justly that 

 the depth of covering should be in proportion to the size of the 

 seeds. He tells us that all the seeds in this list may be sown 

 from March to June, and again in September, fpr an early crop ! 

 Our experience is not favourable to late sowing. 



Perennial seeds may be sown from May till July, and planted 

 from September to JMarch. In London we neyer succeeded 

 \vitli transplanted Wallflowers. They rise very freely from seed, 

 .flpwer next year, and then perish. If sown in spring and trans- 

 p|,^nte4|^in autumn, barely ten in a hundred will survive the 

 winter : with many other semi-nerennials they will .survive the 

 .^winter and die in spring.! r, . ■*,, . .° 



fjjj Anemone is unwilling to grow with us ; it likes a purer atmo- 

 sphere. Ho^vever, we should like to give Mr. Lothian's A. Pulsa- 

 'mifi a fair chance, if he will send us a few seeds : also Arabis 

 q.lpina, which grows vigorously with us. Astrantia minor we 

 have never tried, nor Iberis sempervirens ; we should like to give 

 them a turn. Stachys cocchiea we have never seen. 



