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more ample, more numerous, and brighter colored ; and we would not place 

 them in the stove only to hasten their flowering. We know of many ama- 

 teur cultivators who have these plants in the form of a tree, from ten to 

 twelve feet high, with round heads, studded in all parts with the clusters 

 of flowers. So managed, these plants acquire an aspect and a charm inex- 

 pressible. But there is another mode in which, according to my mind, they 

 may be made to acquire a form still more ornamental and picturesque ; that 

 is, planting them in the open ground in the open air, and in a good soil : this 

 has been my practice for '^ome years. My plants thus grow kindly, and 

 form pyramids, which are literally covered from the bottom to the top with 

 innumerable umbels ot flowers, of the brightest color, and so agreeably 

 changeable, as every one knows. 



I set out the plants in their places about the middle of May, or as soon as all 

 appearance of frost is over. I cut off, at this time, all the ill-shaped branches 

 which injure the handsome form of the plants, and nip (IF the ends of the 

 branches which are too vigorous : and I then plant in a light soil very rich 

 in humus. When the autumn frosts arrive, the plants are all taken up and 

 potted, cutting in all the exuberant roots. They are watered lightly, and 

 placed in a good greenhouse temperature, in a dry and light situation^ 

 where they are left until they begin to grow again. I would remark that, 

 by this mode, old and deformed plants may be rapidly improved, and, no 

 matter how ill-shaped, be made to take a ■very handsome aspect. — 

 (Van HoiTTTK, in Flore des Serres, Sept. 1847.) 



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 FRANCE. 



Exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society of Parii, Srpt. 22, Ifi47. 

 — Those who have seen the shows in London or Ghent, or that of the Cer- 

 cle General held last spring in Paris, would be sadly disappointed wiih the 

 exhibition of the Royal Sociey, which took place last week at the Orangery 

 of the Luxembourg ; the flowers were badly arranged — no taste whatever 

 was shown in the grouping of the plants ; for instance, China Asters were 

 seen in different corners of the room, and even one collection, to which, by- 

 the-bye, a prize was awarded, was left standing upon the floor during the 

 whole time; added to this, it was impossible to find out to whom some 

 collections belonged, or to whom prizes were awarded, for the ofllicers of 

 the Society had omitted, in many instances, this very necessary duty, even 

 on the second day of the show ; moreover, either from accident or design, 

 one of the most splendid of autumn flowers, the Dahlia, was altogether 

 omitted from the schedule of prizes. Among the general collections \\t're 

 here and there a few good specimen plants of Veronica Lindleyana, Cuphea 

 platycentra and miniata, Tillandsia acaulis, Pilocereus senilis, .4£schyiian- 



