324 General Notices. 



the soil while the plants are in bloom, and by increasing the porosity of the 

 soil, will prevent water from stagnating in the pans in the early stages of 

 their growth. Too mnch care cannot be exercised in watering when the 

 plants are in their infancy ; if the morning's sunshine catch a leaf in a 

 moist state, either from vapor or careless use of the watering-pot, in a few 

 minutes it will become brown and crumple up, and be materially injured, if 

 not destroyed. I have frequently had to carry the plants from the front 

 to some shady place in the back of the pine-pits, when the atmosphere of 

 the pit was loaded with moisture. Later in the season there is little danger 

 of their suffering. A gentle syringing in the afternoon, with copious water- 

 ings of liquid-manure at least twice a week, when they show bloom, will 

 add to their vigor, enrich the color of the blooms, and prolong the flower- 

 ing season. When the plants have taken to their new (quarters, pinch the 

 centres out of each leader ; they will then break out with a fine array of 

 moderately strong laterals. One pinching I find sufficient for A. coccinea 

 and species of a similar habit; twice for A. grandiflora, longiflora, and 

 those of a like semi-bushy habit, whilst the straggling nature of A. pedun- 

 culata requires three or four pinchings to form a dwarf bushy plant. Let 

 staking be proceeded with early ; for if the shoots once get out of order, 

 half their number will be disjointed in raising them to their proper position. 

 The stakes should be left at least nine inches above the plant to tack the 

 stems to, in their upward flowering progress. — [Gardeners' and Farmers^ 

 Journcd.) 



OxN THE Culture of the Anemone. — The cultivation of this desira- 

 ble flower approaches closely to that of the Ranunculus. If grown as an 

 ordinary garden flower, seedlings will be found the most desirable, as they 

 will ultimately prove of the least trouble, and most certain to produce an 

 abundance of bloom — the only drawback being a deficiency of double flow- 

 ers, which, in our opinion, is more than made up by the greater certainty, 

 and immense supply of bloom. The named double varieties require more 

 attention. The soil should be prepared with some degree of care, both as 

 regards the quality and proper preparation before planting. A fresh, rich, 

 loamy soil, inclined to a sandy quality, is the best suited for the purpose. 

 The bed should be dug full eighteen inches deep, being frequently turned, 

 that it may be thoroughly sweet and fit to receive the roots. This is a most 

 important point, and should be particularly attended to; for if the soil is 

 foul, a failure will surely be the consequence. It is far better to defer 

 planting for a week, or even a fortnight, than risk planting in impure soil. 

 When the latter is in proper condition for use, it should be levelled, and 

 ;about five or six inches being thrown off the top, add a layer of decomposed 

 vcow-manure, of about four inches, and stir the latter in with the sweetened 

 soil four or five inches in depth. This done, cover it with the soil thrown 

 off, and leave it to settle for a day or two, when it may be raked. Draw off 

 the large stones and coarser parts of the soil, and reduce the bed to an even 

 surface, ready for planting ; first marking it out in rows, about five or six 

 inches distance each way. Proceed by planting the roots two inches deep, 

 taking care tliat the eyes are placed upwards, which by a little careful ex- 



