CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



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The following plan, mentioned in the c Ploricultural Ma- 

 gazine/ seems a simple and efficient method of cultivating 

 Pelargoniums. After they have flowered, which is generally 

 by the middle of August, they should be cut down rather 

 close, they will then put out fresh shoots ; when these are 

 about a quarter of an inch long, take them out of the pots, 

 remove the earth from the roots, thin the main roots, and 

 shorten the others, so as to make them small enough for 

 small-sized pots ; plant them in these with fresh earth, and 

 put them into a cool frame or pit, shutting them up close 

 till they are w r ell established ; then expose them to the air 

 to harden, and take them into the greenhouse when the 

 cold weather arrives : in the spring they require moving 

 into larger pots, and by repotting them during the summer 

 several times, a succession of flowers may be kept up for 

 some months. The soil should be loam, peat, and manure. 



CAR YOPHYLLA CE2E. 



Exogens, with symmetrical flowers and conspicuous corolla. 

 Divisions of calyx four or five, or united into a tube, not falling 

 off. Petals four or five or more, frequently split at the edges 

 into two parts. Stamens usually twice as many as the petals, or 



