182 On the Cultivation of Annuals. 



on the North-West Coast. The plants will flower rather stronger 

 and more profusely, if the seed is planted in April ; but they will 

 have abundance of flowers, if not planted until the middle of this 

 month. Select a situation where the soil is not enriched in the least, 

 as such is extremely injurious to their health ; they will flourish 

 finely in a light turfy loam, or loam and decayed leaves. We have 

 often had several plants die off at once ; and could not account for it 

 from any otlier cause, than from too rich a soil ; there is a white 

 variety. When both of them are grown in large masses, they 

 are the greatest ornaments of the flower border. 



Calhmpelis scaler (Rough-podded Calampelis). This exquisitely 

 beautilul climber, foniierly known under the name of Ecremocarpus 

 scaber, is of late introduction : it is a perennial, but flowers the first 

 season. It is a valuable addition to our limited list of climbing plants, 

 and should find a place in every garden ; the flowers are produced 

 in panicles or racemes, and are of a bright orange color ; it flowers 

 profusely in the latter part of summer, and should be protected 

 through the winter in a warm cellar or green-house. We do not 

 know but what it may stand our winters, if protected with leaves, &.c. 

 We have not, however, yet made the trial. The seeds should be 

 sown at this time, in a warm situation, and if the weather should be 

 dry, they should be watered, as they require to be kept rather damp 

 while vegetating ; the seeds, very often, lie six months in the 

 ground before they come up. When the young seedlings have 

 made five or six leaves, they should be transplanted into the open 

 ground, or into pots. If placed in the green-house, the plants will 

 continue to flower until December. 



Art. X. Sho7-t Communication. 



Culture of the Tigridia pavonia. This beautiful bulbous root is 

 cultivated in the easiest manner. If it is desirous to have them flower 

 early, the bulbs should be potted in small (No. 2) pots, filled with a 

 compost of loam, leaf-mould, and sand, in equal parts, and placed in 

 a hot-bed ; when they have made leaves two or three inches in 

 length, they should be repotted into the third size, adding a little 

 more loam to the soil. Place the pots in a warm situation, until they 

 begin to flower, when they should be set in a shady place, or carried 

 to the parlor, as their flowers remain open much longer than when 

 exposed to the sun. If planted in the border, they should be set in 

 a warm place, in a light, sandy soil. Protect the bulbs from frost 

 upon the approach of cold weather. 



Yours, S. SWEETSER. 



Cambridgeport, April, 1835. 



