Lindlefs Theory of Horticulture^. 155' 



old roots: these are planted in small pots, and plunged into the 

 ground in an open part of the garden. About midsummer I 

 repot them into large carnation pots, and again plunge them as 

 before. The compost is cow-dung and rich loam, half and half, 

 and occasionally they are watered with dung water. During their 

 growth I use the knife freely, and only allow one bud to remain on 

 a stem, precisely as the fancier treats his prize carnations. In the 

 first week in October I remove the pots into a vinery, where all 

 the air is given by the sashes and ventilators being open ; and in 

 my house there is a pit that was built for succession pines, filled 

 with old tan, and upon this I place my chrysanthemums. In the 

 removal from the garden to the house, I take care that the roots 

 that have made their way through the bottom of the pots are not 

 injured, and they again strike into the tan. They are now kept 

 moist with duns: water, and under this treatment the blooms are 



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some of them 5 and 6 inches in diameter. The pots are so 

 arranged, that the colours are agreeably intermixed. 



I am under a great obligation to Abel Ingpen, Esq., for fur- 

 nishing me, in the most handsome manner (being an entire stran- 

 ger), with some splendid varieties. There is one, in particular, 

 *' mirabile," that was as fine and as large as a dahlia. As Mr. 

 Ingpen is, no doubt, a reader of your Magazine, I will just state 

 that, in a few days after I had planted a fine collection of tulips, 

 some villain made his way into the garden at night, and stole 

 roots to the value of 250/. Amongst them was a new broken 

 feathered bizarre, whose qualifications placed all others at an 

 immeasurable distance. In fact, twenty years' search and expe- 

 rience, to say nothing of the great expense, have been disorganised 

 to a most discouraging extent. Can you, Mr. Editor, or reader, 

 suggest a mode to guard against a similar calamity? 



The Forest^ Nottingham^ Jan, 13. ISiO. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Dr. L.indleif s Theory of Horticulture-. (See p. 92.) 



[On asking our esteemed correspondent, Mr. Beaton, for his 

 opinion on this work, he sent us the following notice, which we 

 have great pleasure in publishing.] 



My opinion of this work must be in a great measure super- 

 fluous ; there can be but one opinion on the subject by all candid 

 readers. It is Dr. Lindley's masterpiece as far as the garden is 

 concerned. It will soon become as useful and indispensable to 

 the gardener, as the compass is to the mariner. The compass, 

 to be sure, will not teach a man navigation, neither will this 

 book teach a man the gardening art. It is divided into two 

 parts, the first of which " embraces the principal laws and facts 



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