APRIL. 



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RHODANTHE MANGLESIL 



COMPOSITE. 



Native of Swan River.— Propagation, seeds. 



SIR, 



In answer to yours, I send you the treatment of 

 the above plant as pursued by me. In the second 

 week in August I sowed the seed, and placed the 

 seed-pan on a north border. As soon as the plants 

 were sufficiently strong, I potted them into small 

 pots, and set them in the same place, where they 

 remained until the proper season for housing green- 

 house plants, at which time they were put in an 

 airy part of the greenhouse, and shifted as they 

 filled their pots with roots. The soil I used w T as 

 three parts light loam, one part peat I water the 

 plants sparingly during the winter months, as I 

 find them subject to the mildew. I water once a 

 fortnight with draining from the farm-yard : to 

 this I attribute the excellency of the plant. 



Yours, &C, 



White Waltham, J. SILVER. 



20th April, 1841. 



For this unique specimen, which was pronounced 

 by an excellent judge to be the best plant in the 

 room, the Banksian Medal was awarded at the 

 Horticultural Society Meeting, 6th April, 1841. 



For succession blooming plants, it is only requi- 



