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dard ; and the flesh is buttery, rich, and very high flavoured It is in perfection 

 in the end of October and during November. 



19. On the Cultivation of the Bignoma vetiusta. By Mr. George Phillips, Gar- 

 dener to the Misses Trevor, Tingrith, near Woburn, Bedfordshire. Read 

 Dec. 1. 1835. 



Two plants of this splendid hot-house climber are planted in the back 

 corner of the bark bed, in a mixture of turfy loam, leaf mould, and peat, 

 while the roots have the whole range of the bottom of the bark bed in a thin 

 layer of rotten tan, which is not disturbed when the tan is turned. The 

 shoots are trained under the glass, and cover a surface of 500 ft. The plant 

 continues in flower from the beginning of November to February; after which 

 it is cut back to one stem of 6 ft. in length. In 1833, this stem, at the point 

 of amputation, was 4 in. in girth. " From the point where it is cut back, 

 young shoots soon push out in abundance ; three or four are selected for 

 training, and the others taken off. If young plants are wanted, this seems to 

 be the most favourable season for propagation ; when the shoots are from 

 6 in. to 9 in. long, they will readily strike root in any light soil in a bottom 

 heat. The young plants may be grown to a large size the first season by 

 frequent shifting, as they are fond of plenty of room for their roots." 



20. 0)1 the Cultivation of Aktromerias. By Mr. W. Scott, Gardener to Charles 



Barclay, Esq., M.P., F.H.S. Read February 2. 1836. 



" Being very partial to the genus, although I had never seen any of the 

 varieties before, except Ligtu and Pelegrina, I began, when I first came to live 

 at Bury Hill, in April, 1831, immediately to turn my attention towards them. 

 Being well aware, from what I had seen of the two kinds with which I was 

 acquainted, that they require rest for a few months in the course of the 

 season, I removed all the plants I could find (which, as well as I can recollect, 

 were Hookeri, pulchella, pallida, pelegrina, acutifolia, pelegrina alba, psit- 

 tacina, edulis, Ligtu, and a variety from Mr. Nuttall, raised by him from 

 Peruvian seeds, and which had never flowered here) to a small pit in front of 

 the pine-stove, giving them no water till the earth about their roots got quite 

 dry ; as soon as they began to recover, I potted them in the size called forty- 

 eights, and kept them then on a shelf against the back wall of the green- 

 house, about 3 ft. from the top-lights ; and, although I lost Hookeri, pelegrina 

 alba, and edulis, I had the satisfaction of seeing the others thrive much 

 better than they had done the previous year. I also took up, from the border 

 in front of the stove, tricolor and pulchella, and gave them the same treat- 

 ment. When the leaves began to decay, at the end of July or beginning of 

 August, I withheld water, and allowed the plants to rest until the beginning 

 of November, 1832, when they again began to vegetate: I then repotted 

 them, and gave them every encouragement, in rich mould, composed of loam, 

 rotten dung, and leaf mould, with a little sand : this I find to be the best 

 compost for growing them in. As they filled their pots with roots, I shifted 

 them progressively to a larger size ; and had, in June, 1833, the pleasure of 

 flowering the species from Mr. Nuttall and pallida, for the first time since 

 they had been at Bury Hill ; and I succeeded in growing tricolor to the 

 height of 2 ft. 3 in., well covered with flowers. None of my pots that season 

 were larger than what are termed sixteens. When the flowering was over, 

 and the leaves were beginning to decay, I again resorted to the plan of drying 

 or resting the plants till the following November. I afterwards gave them the 

 same course of treatment as before ; but, as the roots had attained a greater 

 degree of strength, the size of the pots was enlarged, until some of the 

 stronger varieties were planted in the size No. 6, in which they arrived at the 

 state in which they were exhibited at the Society's Garden in June, 1834. 

 During the time of growing, I keep them on a shelf, or trellis, in front of the 

 green-house, having upright lights about 5 ft. high, and I give them plenty of 

 air, carefully avoiding the least application of heat, which would draw them 



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