EXOTICS IN THE OPEN AIR IN DEVONSHIRE. g07 



climate does not suffer vegetation to go on briskly from 

 October to March, by following this method, the heads of 

 fiow.-r will remain a long time in a state of rest after they 

 ii>e forinerl without bursting, and heads from 6 to 7 inches 

 diameter are the ordinary produce of our plants. 



The seedis of the third crop are sown in a frame, or under Thir^ cm^ 

 hand glasses; and-about the third week in October the 

 plants become strong enough to remove, as in the two 

 former crops* From this sowing, the best plants are se- Seedplaats. 

 lected for seed, and placed 3 or 4 under a hand glass ac- 

 cording to its size ; 3 however -are sufficient, for they should 

 not afterward be disturbed. They are gently watered and 

 covered, till they have made fresh roots; after which air is 

 plentifully admitted, treating them through the winter 

 exactly iike cauliflower plants. From the hints already 

 given, it may be deduced, that these seedling plants should 

 not only be placed in a part of the garden remote from every 

 other variety of the cabbage tribe, but that no plant what- (Seneialcaa- 



ever of anv variety, except it is wanted for seed, should be tion resp«amg 

 *' . seedling alas^sB. 



suffered accide.aaily to show a flower in the garden; and 



this business m the months of May and Jane, when two or 

 three hot days olten produce the effects of apparent en- 

 chantment, by sudden'y bringing radishes, turnips, boor- 

 cole, cabbages, sea kale, and cauliflowers into bloom, re- 

 quires very strict attention on the part of the gardener. 



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On some Exotics, which endure the open Air in Devonshire, 

 In a Letter to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. 

 K, B. 4-c. By A. Hawkins,£55*. 



SIR, 



jt HOUGH I have no knowledge of the Horticultural Exotics grow- 

 Society, but through the medium of extracts in the ^ast^"^^"^^^" 

 Monthly Review, (which informed me of its existence), yet, shire. 

 struck with your «' Hints respecting the proper Mode of in- 

 uring tender Plants to our Climate," and residing in the 

 very warmest part of England (the South Hams of Devon- 

 shire, of which I am a native), within view of an inlet of the 



. » Trans, of the Hort. Soc. vol, I, p. 176. 



