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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. {MAY 31 
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unifor o riod tban n f THE TULIP. eaking, broken out. At the lower part of 
and of rm bloom, in a shorter pe a Wes pm PERT E, written on the Tulip Neti self or breeder Tulip is a cir iden ee: patio a 
ean be gained, however correct the soil an nd eonditidnó than o on n any other florists” e i ; ; and I am happy wo | eg a Byblomens ought to be pur white and ie 
to alee! kp aai nor aoe may i rori from ae find that: amose correc ct taste, unstained yellow or oran Fro is point 
treatment essen i croughout the country. ee hen a Hower brea (or b ecomes rectified a ere 
lation of sap, ee a l y |G r, has been paid t o purity’ © homer an 1 the rnr above aD 
hich |: 1 i near et gone ag ‘tha lan he provinces ; and it is aorar rd, be ing a roadest t the lower part, a i 
su as show e piar will be serao 
] ation vas Sap, ee causing a fuli rhe sii of each bud. Ba 
in t 
The prac 0 or aba tive Sci of plants gene- | only within these Sed years, that the florists of the nearly 
rally, and of those of climbing habit pa erie jr e become Saree ton sre to this | each side, without me i mingling” with the ae 
may, in part, be attributed to permittin int “ined flowers are, I belie owever, | either at raf sides or pes 
of continuous growth ant abortion, pia their con- yet grown, these counties, to t cut below, and it will be evident that this % 
ditions in pdétting, expos re, &c., are = o a parity of the base is irk ari E ar A a pri ary aiek to the flame going completely t through: a 
proportionately. This one me arises fro ;| point. In noticing the properties of the Tulips L wil petal, and amalgamating with the feather, which } has it 
fro: om a mistaken Farar that the per Aie or parent | first o e, that I siapa al foul-cupped ers out admi pirers in Laneas' eashire. » No ottinghamshire and 
ned, should, toa a great |o of the pale- of Ern p h oa “a good beam” 
observed. dis a aay bei dispensable. Flo which ally strike through 
tion of ie primary leaf- rih ; lly, fr pposi- | wise attractive: flowers hich have this defect ; p are Captain W hite, Tora Milton (Nottingham — t 
hin pl i l a be exteriorly, or even R Sable Rex, and Akasa ilies e following i. 
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of the conditions essential to “uniform growth and bloom, | 
s they relate respectively to each. , Plants are endued 
each leaf, and it is on the e progressive advan sf 
every such leaf-bad to a mature branch, t that the stile 
or aind of plants Sateally depend ; op it may 
be that the condition s favourable e pro- 
t 
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to the multiplicity of such branches; and, vice versa, 
he uce: 1 a given period pri the 
gon of bloom, and exposed to the modified influen f 
light, heat, &e., upon which the mai turity of growth 
depends. 
ion to the successful cultivation of vims the 
previous observations suggest an inquiry as to what Form. —I would have the shape of tl h, : i 
are the conditions (physiological and prac! ical) most p half of rifle | fective marking in fea Base Howa are om 
favo! to the production of such branches, by |™ r less I should not ol bject to si ~~ “het iring | 0 interruptions in fag when 
u gaen) whie h i is essential to the mn hest a that + chia in its prine, the interior of the flower may is unequal e 
tility. An a an admission | be seen at a glan: Well-formed flowers will hav onti 
i portant principles of Stabe physiology ;| their six petals of the same size, obtuse, without notch 
Ist, Every system of a pet is imperfect in propor- | fringe, or serrature, narrowing towards the base; but 
tioa as it involves e functions of i 
plants during their p ive growth. As tl old ower called Queen | petal, and this again i in ess etitio h those where it 
and waxy in texture, which will assist i in rA for 
ins EET Eh 
of May; aan must pry ‘be "of good substance, pi i, noko ji io teati ust 
fl 1 fl ie My a ae am, it me : 
eir sarees growth d: 
respective causes which — in the fo rmation ot 
ct 
f the 
ith fe ther. , if the flame mors: out 
ap ire oF excessive p areak Tia eith pees P of long cups may be s seen in Due de Saver Violet | through the top, or the feather on either 
destructive of an ultimate effect in both. = roe the Daon: Due, de Bronte, Hero of the Nile, Rose Cam- | sì int Another defect 
perfect condition of plants maturity of growth should be even Queens Charlotte, a flower highly which will sometimes occur apparent suffusi on of 
nt to or contemporaneous with bloom. pag in the north, has this serious drawback. | colour; and ate both flamed ‘and feathered Hower 
' The conditions, then, most favourable to the produc- | Varieties with petals the — of obtuse, Count Tos not be overlooked by careful judges 
tion of branches (conducive to flowers) are involved in | de Virguines, Ozarrinne, and several of the. rH te TENAS Jonis Sie n 
hat method of culture which tends to secure t the most | flowers before e URAREN These sorts are familiar ee E T 
vigorous and uninterrupted growth :—Istly, by placing most growers, though, doubtless, the majority of the: fed BEGQNIAS. 
plants in an amount of soil equal to their comparative | are no w discarded from Saloos of any pretensions. | | ni a caesar öf: suapte tome br tem 
ribe o onias 
mature growth and bloom ; 2dly, where a re- eg 
Taie “ bag lected ; for it is rare eal to see an ohh 
accu 
lated vigour is, wished from a plant of the revit namely, having cracked tals ; w ; 
on te requiring a 'à pronio ing -baci kor a smc having s perteot Kae sss meat it collection, even in first-rat Pse 7 Met 
uee fany by such “an operation hei emed | ‘armony,or ‘ are plants of the easiest: culture, andmay help to fi 
ei given perio fore its removal, or, isposition of t + a consérvatory or sitting-ro' a the winter 
tially established after being potted ; 3a iy i a | | markings, whether feather spring months, when gay fow are. pare 
ti tense light, heat; &c. iej nae e first’stages| or flame, is the secon acceptable. ‘ 
of g growt ad proport ion‘to the a st soil required | property to be considered. The greater part of Begonias in their n tive countries 
for each tada thly, by ppp pes cular or hori- | The annexed woodcut re- inhabit moist, shady, a situations, whete they are 
sre mode of Seni the growth, in praesent to an | presents a petal having partially shelter se from ade ireet rays of the sun, and | 
ght t one ; 5 Sthly, by: r shortening each le ading, or fore- | the simple feather ; the from cutting w The ried all, with one or two Nt 
is gene rally ceptions, stove oa F rather 
ew piee. e progressive eih an a given | deeper atthe apex, gradu: moist than dry, with a sli ight sha t 
time previous to the natural season of bloom ; Siy, ally getting thinner on each Though these plants naturally deligbt in a soil 
when shifted into larger pots, by a strict o sabvands of | side till it reaches rly almost entirely of decayed vegetable matter, yet I 
the n Be i re Spon 1 fore-shoots until | the mes note ay nile ae ound them very liable to rot off at the base of the 
each pl vigorous circula- | have a mu if put in a soil in which decayed vegetable mati 
tion of sap ; 3 s rthly, by ier aki syringings for | heavier featherthan others. dominates. Nearly two-thirds of light 
the ordinary watering, after each general stopping of | The two well known varie- th inder leaf-mould or peat, suis pebi 
te fore-shoots, until a recommencemen of growth ; ties, Sir s. Smith pea well. a po otting, z, small pot tsherds or s should be 
3 ly, by special care (when shifting is aai that | Washington, Byb., are of this class; and I need only | Pocu lentifully ; and, be 
e a peme a of potting i ‘eh cena ed by the ia ere ai that, whether DA or light, the colour must se securing a pe erfectly porous and cig dl Se soil, 
= ae t bloo: KA 9thly, aid on evenly and re punt ea ach petal in this res stem of the plant should never be mia an if, in 
toa drier and less PENEN na ed pos lev inthe ce 
ate at “es being attained, other conditions being a lamed 5 may be divided into two classes = qr. pot, oem “life oA the plant a be tin soem seca 4 
i s t h natives of moist situations, d 
It is not unusual to allow an attenuated growth to be wits F nts sear impatient of rar ge 4 
rried five, si even more, leaf-buds, pre- A genus like this, where all lants 
viously to stopping, and pee oe Par is, that pee the same treatment T! rat 
than one-half the light, &e., ought not to be scattered about Aw 
bloom and admitting | the» vivas e of such plants to be other plants, excepting they may, while in flowet 
wanted in the conservatory or other places. 
to, it is seldom that — an extent of — is equal should, therefore, have a corn themselves 3 
to more than a solitary raceme of bloom = bud, n during the summer 50 
Ist, in many of the Broach to which iek arkis the better ; but “inw 7 mace oo and 
prensa the na a were ken : in ire ie: ‘dry the situation, tieg e one s the probability 
ere an attenuate wth is permi itted, | plants bein ‘yom moti 
the uae buds on each stem oo aa abortive ; and ae To ve eg eg beauties his nas fruits 
baron instead of being able to present uniform growth atment of the highest order ; for though the 
ur, such imens only deteriorate from year to may exist ee cramped at root, and Iture 
ement above stated is strictly badly treated, yet it is only bears! liberal cw 
applicable to the second season (1843). In May, ee | th y sa in their true epitr Many of d 
= — was favoran So maintaining the requi- | mha simple. hayi 1 up sho ots | from the root every gl 
erature (i pres iking fi he | ld A 
p (in the absence of artificial hent), b but ey R Ip, oes that i the case t oat one Otherwise 
these plants, fo 
in 1843 the same month was ci noted b; 
tinued 
Seiten re This se rd Sf ame, though ex- | kr knife Ì has little business amon ngst 
bsence of sunlight ree at intervals), until 
k in June. U - such’ con me e the the other, and 1 kaia COA 2 t like pruning, and there i 
risk was Bio in proporti e on | : lip which “will even bear topping 5 ; it should, | 
oot mgd heat. By transferrin, rite ti oat ee t, 5 7 jibes ed of P 
+ 1842 to the results given for 1843 in fact, in awarding prizes, the censors would | py liberal treatment, rather than by any ~ 
most favourable result was bry ey vale overlook such flo Aee pure rine with sce and yh na o fw like ccna vane every 
form tubers, and die dow they 
e circumstances, the 
n as 
Ten these, as 500m 
water must be © 
3 aei: colour, a of ‘whieh ugh ‘to be, technically | signs of cessation of growth, 
> gen eral | fame combined were in competi „ A really fine sifolia, which 
IV. Wood; | 
