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THE en Hebibi id 
alth of each plant, i 
inv in ‘proportion to = hea 
start into grow wth, and | decomposed, ay: ta 
subs’ tratum of coarse, ha E 
e plants were ‘has replaced pen | t the first week fra 
ae the hand (taining € he pla nt in its position), and the inverted pots; pe shaded from intense sunlight, being lowere A th mye ced, by longer e 
breakin: ch cavity with an iron wedge, to admit a | from = o'clock inthe morning until three in the oh e terminal or end buds of 
quicker circulation of moisture and to Bohate the | aftern ir was admitted more freely, previous ly to | se axillar ry § ere removed ( generally 
plants to a more vigorou h. is operation is | the SEPN being g nd for a time after its removal, | oints) four times of ae ng tl st or final shift i 
essential when the soil h ome too compressed, pr eviously to being watered ; and they were slows” P | la arge pots, and ve lateral or side shoots pegged 
either from excessive yore inattention to proper ith, Ke humid an atmosphe e` as the ise w som ene curving the last pe 
soils, deficiency of ane NOES Go ity Syringing was applied, fter air was admitted, growth but one OA the inner rim of T ot. 
is so covered with nt a du rning, and p iously to the house being closed| An idea may be formed of the attention they req 
i m of feng a remed atk eye ening. The latter operation was dispensed | when it is stated that the writer and an A assena 
t the evils of the tainly. T routi ED otting, with in cool “dark weather, and vice versa. As the often engaged whole days in arranging the growth 
i: ere method, in the arrange! tme rs aoil &e. Js gene- | growt increased, the foreshoots were shortened, one | as. ultimately to admit of a uni effect whe 
one forgotten or disre egard » the ‘abov ve simple | or two joints back, accord o their vigour, and | bloom. T} plants were exceedingly luxuriant, ea 
way (in uniformly arranged from the centre, outwards, hooks, to preserve a prost 
uring “the shoots upon the surface of the soil, by habit until the last growth. sec week o 
with an increase of light, &c.), by which an addi- 
pte stimulus’ can be given to plants, apart from 
disturbing their vital organ 
axillary, or 
Side | shoots, be in g also 
July, the plants | sep been partially propane ed by, 
thal, or pegs, the 
|} kept 
ht sprinkling of soil was adde do 
sli 
the stems after being thus treated. 
kitinin RA meld tability 
4h T wah 
eek in June, the nae were ext re 
i F 
4 
ches 
h | paid t 
By the cee i 
sit Ade Spins ex- | ex! 
agin 
order of east aa sheltered 
T the gro 
She ees iteunte vigour, extreme attention was 
over fea margin of t pots, from 6 
owards inducing the formation of g 
they received, another shift. 
r branches 
ra to the ex- 
‘of the i 
central ay before 
Having ol obtain ed side shoots, 
i 
the o 12 
t this was sopa nis on fin en 
f a gentle curve without breal 
tremities, b g 
be 
leadibe stems, 
t having 
requi. 
greatest effect 
i 
gd 
are but the rı 
ed 10 to 
at the Chiswick Exhibitions, by bringi ing each lon; 
eac 1 pot pean ire 
to maintain a pe ‘ostrate h 
ng 
n the 
a the 
Seis ‘rina shift, by a 
“Pot 114, 12, and 
red by ae 
v 
centre, and gra duating the shorter ones towards # 
When thus finished, 24 of the ~— ava 
growth 
dia 
coarse potsherds, 
ing been subject 
resu 
i 
sizes, and full 2 inches of “he sme for the 
mediate 
pring flakes 
I 
Ate 
ee ed from 
Mpa: ring the same plants in 
the en preh of peung growers, -he would find dif - 
ferent Saget nder the management of their respec- 
‘tive owners 
were 
loam ( he 1e coarse 
nd 
pk maya n would pen bicep what 
esults, 
verised), 
X 
w ape si syringe da 
of t 
mp. 
val weeks aed 
ily until the full expans 
of the plai 
for a eon, "i was hinted 
t 
make a ‘fed return fo 
PE 
Pe 
materials. for denh were sais 
a deficiency arte 
‘The 
pass h aueh ‘hie hands in preference tosa sieve, to 
avoid refuse, &e. The process of potting gas as follows : 
—the coarsest of the tA or soil was added to 
tl 
the open gro cultivation could ': 
both of = stig ants, I, in ignorance of the ultims 
om to be produced, assented ; b ar 
attained their full maturity, the illus sion was dispe 
iven "dept h over the sub-drainage, and 
soil was again added, sduiiiting the ball of Geass pabi 
neral 
form growth and bloom, they were far superior tot 
of Thou 
to stand within a quarter of an inch below the 
air, soil, 
‘potionately essen 
of ne glet 
mani fested t to ) the fact t 
rous, in propo 
then the ate : 
l 
f all other mean 
faira, r 
y attain equal vig 
oil was (with sne exception) 1 made 
purposely grown for exhibition, one or two pe 
po Dg: 
iddle ern, 
the han 
important agencies upon which pla ants de- 
cl 
of edino sdi 
| = its cs smar- weight by mae spon the table: or 
6d. each; a selection, also, from them pee -$ 
the purpose of e en her Majesty’s sng 
at Windsor Cas ‘he above instance was 
Vi 
of that t perfe ection of 
eapable-of attain ning, under a correct application of of | 
d "for “et highest apes ra and ich, p 
mly’ 
Di 
f the wi ord. 
and 2d, as elaho- 
A 
o 
5 
by w 
neies affecting t rd — are regulated, 
d, Ist, as 
p. 
After this shift, 
not theory (simply as such) that leads men from thet in 
s ite 
o adopts practice apart from a Toi ge of i 
y, | 
ay ippo far bricks flat at ike pao Sat 
oat 
the fro d upon large ienei 
-| dishes es admit of expo osure to Bouger light eha 
quicker evaporation, by stan ding upon a surfac 
a 
Hstaton ot the 
ari 
co opious supply of dait a the 
who 
Meor hinge ve Hi i kA is but a mechanic in] 
pro ; he both is anar 
Wood, "Pine. i. PEF 
tist.— M 
PINK. 
ordi soil, 
‘qualit Sey, oi 
nd t 
ther p! 
ntion. 
wo 
il 
the site air, or arranged = 
r 
w „water! rings, 
onmeop.e sy 
ha 
= Sass vga prorented the ‘cire culation, either 
And w why ? : aa, the 
i hont 
arrangement (that is, without atte re 
THE PI 
Tus isa flower roilhat is cultivated and admin 
and 1 ne ving s€ 
5 
ball a 
to bei mayo no regular water- 
y, Air was admitted 
early by peeing dowo e lights from the ba ck about 
advan 
in fact a visible amp has re bie within £ 
last few years. fia a ppen ars to be some e a ce 
opinion in vario 3 
6 es for an h after 
Ba 
; water pouri ed upon the surface 
14 
d E 
and RA teed i 
ınce fro uie But Here nt 
hus cireumstanc cu a Sine postion ie the soil ana 
eplace it with material which does not, admit of c | 
ressio! y any rie ies ance. 
of 
the ame again clos ed fro 
; iiher Dy Jesss ning the 
tance or porosity of its lig 
ater, &e. c., may cir 
res 
mutated to a areal in ee to’ the de- | 
the morning treatmen' $ 
with light and heat, Hen may be 
hat the difference of fae in Caf dun ng Ea ak 
and under diffe 
ances, may be chiefly tr raced to the ability rill which | 
assumed | 
sr 
fro 
after potting they were supplied w 
watering, q f soil 4 
maining. exposed for f an i our, and. closed 
before until pine after whieh air was a 
én 
more 
riod, previous to oon season of bloom, ie a 
the shade, air was also more freely paea from 
Ra y 
more than 8 or 10 petals, 
‘opolis 
e ke perp x yi 
the 
, and woke 
s by no means requisite at a flowe po 
whilst they deride the fulli 
and its —— as mops 
has been decanted 0 
bee! 
paral dried surface of the soil again in ioated the 
until 2 are E yanam in Faton exposure or half ša |-to one which pim of sle petals 
er by sprinkling the: surface or syringing, until the ey n imperfect and pee 
wer, 
I imagine that amongst florists there 
d impure re flow ntras 
ary q 
a a given period, whatever he the amount of soil, 
p g 
ection with light and hea 
nas afte in d, as OSES 
stated, by enlarging the bottom i ASIE of of 5 ach ajai 
on i nd 6-inch , on the 
-house, (west ct), in 
ined of 70° by day, 
ed until the third and 
It will be seen that the fore 
character with the ie ious rema: stimulative 
agencies of growth ; ; the greater the dapdpaetiee of 
soil in whic ch p rants are fey nies te ge their 
ould be f 
+h 
regoing treatment is in ey 
P 
dence, and in l rder to ensure so 
| petals composi ing the flower s 
so m 
as pac 
a the Sant and the eed fe 
Bs 
mount of. moisture, with the pole. ora power is 
fuse, adding 1-Sthro'| 
ie prone to absorb it. 
be as rebi on t 
| fact they should 
Rose, They should A 
a Carnation or 
