on the Culture of Florist'' s Flowers. 689 



cultivating the Auricula, Polyanthus, Tulip, Ranunculus, 



Heartsease, Carnation, Georgina, &c. 8vo. London, 1833, 



published for and sold by the Author. 



These directions are contained in 208 pages, and are en- 

 livened by some curious and amusing anecdotes of flowers 

 and florists. To the routine practitioner who does every 

 thing by rule, and to the young amateur who is anxious to 

 know something of the subject, the directions for cultivating 

 the flowers will be found useful; while the thinking and expe- 

 rienced cultivator will, perhaps, consider the flower lists as 

 the most valuable part of the work. By some, this volume 

 may be considered dear, as compared with other horticultural 

 publications of the same size; but it must be recollected 

 that many of these works are mere compilations, while this 

 by Mr. Hogg is original. 



In raising tulips from seed, some florists make choice of 

 that which has been produced by variegated flowers: in 

 which case it is alleged that the off*spring breaks, or be- 

 comes variegated, much sooner than that from plain or self- 

 coloured flowers. Other florists, on the contrary, select their 

 seeds from plain flowers, and wait with patience many years 

 till the flowers of the offspring become variegated. Apply- 

 ing the general principle of cross fecundation to tulips, it has 

 been of late recommended to fecundate plain flowers with 

 variegated ones, in the very rational hope that the offspring 

 will the more speedily become variegated, and will, at the 

 same time, form strong healthy bulbs. Mr. Hogg, as we do, 

 entertains strong hopes from this last mode, and invites all 

 florists to give it a fair trial, (p. 45.) 



An article is given on the heartsease ; a flower towards which 

 florists have lately turned their attention. By cross impreg- 

 nation of the species Fiola tricolor, lutea, grandiflora and 

 amoe^na, all of which are included under the term heartsease, 

 innumerable flowers have been produced, admired for their 

 size and for the richness and disposition of their colours. A 

 list is given of nearly 100 select sorts, which, Mr. Hogg in- 

 forms us, are at present in great request, and may be obtained 

 of him. Nothing can be easier than the culture of this 

 plant, and, indeed, we find nothing in Mr. Hogg's short 

 ai'ticle on it to add to the directions already given by Mr. 

 Gorrie. (Vol.VIII. p. 573.) 



The new German China asters, introduced within these 

 three years, are strongly and desei'vedly recommended by 

 Mr. Hogg. We were very much struck with them, in the 

 beginning of September last, in the beautiful garden of the 

 Misses Gamier, at Wickham, Hants ; where they were raised 

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