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time and trouble, except that there are chances of obtaining new 

 varieties. I have but little doubt such may be obtained by 

 hybridizing the Japan anemone with such kinds as the large 

 white Anemone vitifolia, from the north of India, or the common 

 garden Anemone coronaria, which may be had in bloom all the 

 year by varying the season of planting, or even the beautiful 

 yellow Anemone palmata might be made the male parent of a fine 

 race of hybrids. 



In such case all the plants must be cultivated in pots, and re- 

 gulated, according to their time of blooming, so as to be brought 

 into bloom at the same time as the Japan anemone, which is about 

 the middle of August; it ripens its seeds about the beginning of 

 November. 



In collecting the seeds when ripe, care must be taken to gather 

 them perfectly dry, and afterwards to place them where they will 

 be out of the reach of damp until the following March, when 

 they may be sown in pots or pans, lightly covered, and placed in 

 a gentle rather moist heat. The seeds will soon vegetate, and 

 the young plants will be ready for potting off singly by the end 

 of May. Afterwards, when established, they should be trans- 

 ferred to the open air, where they may remain in 3-inch pots 

 until October, when they should be wintered in a cold pit or frame, 

 for they will not flower the first season from seed with any cer- 

 tainty. They may afterwards be treated like the old plants, but 

 should never be allowed to become very dry even in winter, for 

 Dr. Siebold states, in his 1 Flora Japonica,' "that they inhabit 

 damp woods on the edges of rivulets on the mountains of Japan." 

 They suffer from drought more than from anything else. 



XXXVI. — TJie Vinery at Castle Malgwyn, near Pembroke, 

 the Seat of A. L. Gower, Esq., F.H.S. By Mr. W. 

 Hutchison, Gardener there. 



[On the 21st of August, 1847, the Vice-Secretary received from 

 Mr. Abel Lewis Gower four bunches of grapes ; one a Mus- 

 cat of Alexandria, weighing 2 lbs. 9 oz., and the others Black 

 Hamburghs, weighing respectively 2 lbs. 9 oz., 3^ lbs., and 

 5 lbs. The black grapes were rather deficient in colour, but 

 of very large size and excellent quality. A desire having 

 been expressed to know under what circumstances these grapes 

 were produced, Mr. Gower was so obliging as to furnish the 

 following statement from his gardener.] 



The houses are heated with hot water and glazed with British 

 sheet-glass 2 ft. 10 in. by 6 in. The parapet-wall in front is 

 built on lintels supported by stone pillars, so that the roots of 

 the vines planted inside the house have free egress to the border 

 outside. A most important point to be observed is the making 



