Cultivation of the Scarlet Pelargonium. 503 



near the bottom of the pot, and fill np with soil as the plant 

 progresses ; coiling the stem several times round the inside 

 of the pot before it reaches the surface, and in the course of 

 the season several tubers will be formed upon the portion of 

 the shoot thus covered with soil. 



In referring to the means of support for these plants, I 

 have used the word trellis, as they are generally trained upon 

 flat, circular, shield-formed, or globular wire trellises. These 

 always appear formal, neither do they range well with other 

 plants. A few branches tastefully arranged, or the conical 

 top of any of the species of fir, answer the purpose admirably, 

 and are much more natural looking for climbing plants than 

 any of the formed trellises alluded to above. 



Baltimore^ September 24,th, 1850. 



Art. yili. O71 the Cultivation of the Scarlet Pelargmiium 

 in Pots. By Philip Conway. From the Journal of the 

 London Horticultural Society. 



The Scarlet Pelargonium, or Geranium, as it is more gen- 

 erally called, though so common in all collections, from the 

 window of the poor man to the conservatory of the wealthy, 

 and withal so brilliant and showy an ornament, is rarely 

 seen in the perfection to which, by judicious culture, it may 

 be brought. The impression has prevailed that scarlet pelar- 

 goniums Avere so much inferior in attraction to their more 

 delicate sisters that they have only been thought worthy a 

 corner in the conservatory, as a kind of wintering place, from 

 whence they are removed to display their charms, in beds or 

 masses, or in the borders, in summer. Their splendor in 

 such situations is acknowledged by all, and that they are 

 equally susceptible of being made the gayest ornaments of 

 the conservatory, from spring till autumn, may be at once 

 inferred after reading Mr. Conway's excellent article. 



We have been much surprised at the brilliant effect of a 

 few large and exceedingly well-grown plants which have 



