504 Cultivation of the Scarlet Pelargonium. 



ornamented our own conservatory the past summer; and 

 that all may enjoy them who have the desire, we copy, Avith 

 pleasure, Mr. Conway's remarks, which, if duly followed, will 

 be attended with the best results : — 



Having devoted a considerable portion of my time for 

 these last twelve years to the cultivation and improvement 

 of Scarlet Pelargoniums, and with the best results, and hav- 

 ing also been a successful exhibitor in this class at Chiswick 

 as early as the year 1839, I am induced to give the society a 

 plain statement of my practice, which, if followed out, will 

 be productive of a splendid and continuous display of bloom 

 in the conservatory from May till November — surely a great 

 desideratum. 



About the middle of July select healthy plants, having 

 from two to six shoots of young wood as close to the pot as 

 can be obtained, and set them in a sunny situation. Give 

 them little water for a fortnight ; at the expiration of that 

 period cut them down, leaving about two eyes of the old 

 wood ; set them in the shade, and water sparingly until they 

 have broken well, which they will have done in about three 

 weeks. Cease watering them then for two or three days, 

 and when thoroughly dry shake them out of their pots, trim 

 in any straggling roots, and re-pot into as small pots as the 

 roots will admit of, shaking the mould well in among the 

 fibres. When potted set them in the shade, and give them a 

 good watering to make the soil firm ; afterwards water spar- 

 ingly until they shall have begun to grow freely, when they 

 will require a more liberal supply, especially in dry hot 

 weather, when they may be watered twice a day all over 

 their leaves from a fine rosed pot. ' In about a week or ten 

 days' time they should be removed to a situation where they 

 will be exposed to the full influence of the sun during the 

 greater part of the day. When they have well filled their 

 pots with roots, they should be shifted into others two sizes 

 larger than those they occupied, and in these they should be 

 flowered. About this stage of their growth care must be 

 especially taken to rub off" all young shoots, except one or 

 two on each main branch, and these should be as equal in 



