140 Culture of Gloribsa superba. 



quartering, bevelled at the fore end, on which is screwed 

 a piece of curved sheet-iron (d), to turn the furrow, and 

 having a sharp edge. There is a small square staple (<?), 

 through which passes a thin piece of iron three feet long (f) 

 with notches on the under side, similar to the fastening of a 

 swinging hot-house light; it has feet and inches marked 

 thereon, and each end is painted white and bent downwards, 

 by way of index, to regulate the distance between the drills : 

 but this, of course, may be removed in earthing or moulding 

 the crops. It will serve in the accompanying sketch (f) 

 for a scale to the plough, and render it unnecessary to detail 

 its dimensions. 



I hope, at some future time, to send you my method of 

 facilitating the planting of ranunculuses, anemones, &c, in 

 beds, and remain, Sir, &c. 



Hereford, May\5. 1827. Wm. Godsall. 



Art. V. Culture of the Gloribsa superba. By Mr. James 

 Pringle, Gardener to Lewis Charles Daubuz, Esq. Truro, 

 Cornwall. 



Sir, 



As none of your numerous correspondents have yet noticed 

 the Gloriosa superba, in their communications published in 

 the Gardener's Magazine, I am induced to send you an 

 account of my mode of treatment in flowering that really 

 beautiful plant. 



The roots are potted singly in 48-sized pots, about the 

 middle of January, in compost, one half loam, one fourth 

 leaf-mould, and one fourth bog-earth. They are then plunged 

 in a cucumber bed (heat, from 75° to 80°), where they remain 

 until the shoots have grown six or eight inches long. Having 

 filled a back corner of a pine pit with compost as above, they 

 are turned out of their pots into the mould, disturbing the 

 balls as little as possible. 



It is necessary to support the shoots by either tying them 

 to tall stakes or to a trellis. I form a temporary trellis along 

 the back of the pine pit, to which the shoots are trained 

 horizontally. While the pots remain in the frame, they are 

 watered sparingly; but, when removed to their destination in 

 the pine stove, they have an abundant supply, and the shoots 

 are frequently syringed. When the shoots are decayed, they 



