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Polyanthuses. 
Polyanthuses blow at the same time, and, the fine kinds, require 
nearly the same treatment as auriculas, both with respect to soil 
and situation; they are like the latter, very impatient of heat and 
drought, and agree with a much greater portion of moisture: they 
are fond of shade, and will not succeed well, when exposed to our 
summer heats in a warm situation; at least, so as to blow, even in 
tolerable perfection, the ensuing season. 
The fine kinds may be grown in the same sized pots, and in the 
same compost as auriculas, with the addition of more loam; and 
the common or more indifferent sorts, may be planted in cool shady 
beds or borders, being tolerably hardy, and having more to fear 
from the summers heats, than the winter frosts. 
Their propagation is by slips and seed, at the same time and in 
the same manner, as directed for auriculas. 
A Description of the Properties of a fine PoLrANrJWs. 
Its properties are, in most respects, similar to those of a fine au- 
ricula; that is, the stem, peduncles, or foot-stalks, and formation of 
the bunch or truss; therefore, a description of its pips, or corollas, 
only remains to be given in this place. 
The tube of the corolla above the calyx, should be short, well 
filled with the anthers or summits of the stamens, and terminate 
fluted, rather above the eye. 
The eye should be round, of a bright clear yellow, and distinct 
from the ground colour; the proportion as in the auricula through- 
'out the flower. 
The ground colour is most admired, when shaded with a light 
and dark rich crimson, resembling velvet, with one mark or stripe 
in the centre of each division of the rim, bold and distinct from the 
edging down to the eye, where it should terminate in a fine point. 
The pips should be large, quite flat, and as round, as may be con- 
sistent with their beautiful figure, which is circular; excepting those 
small indentures between each division of the rim, which divide it 
into several heart-like segments. 
The edging should resemble a bright gold lace, bold, clear, and 
distinct, and so nearly of the same colour of the eye and stripes, as 
scarcely to be distinguished: in short, the polyanthus should pos- 
sess a graceful elegance of form, a richness of colouring, and sym- 
metry of parts, not to be found united in any other flower. 
line double primroses, are cultivated by offsets, in the same way 
and at he same time as polyanthuses, and require similar care and 
management in pots; they are somewhat more tender, and conse- 
quently must be treated accordingly. 
Carnations. 
If you have omitted the potting or transplanting of carnations 
last month, where necessary, let it be done in this, as early as pos- 
sible, agrcebly to the rules laid down in page 295. 
