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of drainage at the bottom of the pots, and also sand around 

 their bulbs. When their flower-stalks decay place the pots 

 close under a south wall or hedge where little rain can get to 

 them, or lay the pots on their sides to prevent their getting 

 over wet. In autumn they ought to be placed in a cold frame 

 facing the east or west, but not the south, where they may 

 remain till April. Shift them every spring, clearing away all 

 or nearly all the mould and sand from their roots. Those 

 that require this treatment are, O'rchis pyramidalis, ustulata, 

 militaris, fusca, hircina ; Habenaria viridis ; A'ceras anthropo- 

 phora; O'phrys muscifera, apifera, aranifera; and Spiranthes 

 spiralis. 



The Epipactis pallens, ensifolia; and Neottia, Nidus avis, 

 will seldom be preserved above one season under any treat- 

 ment that I am acquainted with. Spiranthes spiralis, although 

 supposed by some persons not to flower in the same spot 

 again for years, will be found, when treated as above, to flower 

 regularly every year, and to increase faster than most of the 

 other species. If you think the above worthy of your notice, 

 I will, perhaps, at some future period, give you more minute 

 details of each species as to treatment. 



Your obedient servant, 

 October 23. 1826. A. X. 



Art. XIV. Observations on Water as regards Ornamental 

 Scenery. By Richard Morris, Esq. F. L. S. Surveyor 

 and Landscape Gardener. 



Of the many ornaments employed to embellish landscape 

 scenery, and of those which relate more especially to land- 

 scape gardening, water contributes in an eminent degree to 

 add the beautiful, the picturesque, or the grand. It is on the 

 due appropriation of the forms of water, that a very important 

 branch of the duties of the landscape gardener depend. The 

 neglect which this branch of the art has suffered is attribut- 

 able as much to the incompetency of the designer and executer 

 of improvements, as to the difficulty of obtaining the required 

 element, and the many specimens of bad taste in the disposal 

 and arrangement of water has contributed materially to that 

 neglect; for it is a well-judged and correct decision, that where 

 ability in this branch of the art is wanted, it is better to submit 

 to the privation, than to be continually disgusted by viewing 

 a misapplication of that which, had it been judiciously dis- 

 posed, would have formed one of the most essential ornaments 



