THE PINK. Ill 



f the blossoms, I attribute mainly to the mode of culti- 

 v vation which I pursued with respect to them ; a brief 



* account of which I now subjoin, hoping, though 



* the subject-matter be trifling and unimportant in 



* itself, that it will afford some gratification to those 



* members of the Society who are fond of flowers, 



* and who feel pleasure in the admiration, at least, 

 ' if not in the cultivation of them. 



( I formed my Pink beds and planted them about 

 ' the middle of October ; they were raised six inches 

 ( above the alleys, to enable the heavy rains to pass 

 ' off during the winter. The soil consisted of a 

 ( sandy loam, or, more correctly speaking, of a com- 

 ' mixture of yellowish loam, common black garden- 

 f mould, road grit taken from the entrance to the 



* Paddington pond, which might not improperly be 

 ' called sand, having been washed by the water ; 

 ' and a good portion of rotten horse-dung, well in- 

 ' corporated, with a good bottom of dung from the 

 c cucumber pits : added to which, I top-dressed the 

 ' beds in the beginning of May, after weeding and 

 4 lightly hoeing the surface, with nearly an inch 



