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FLO.ETCULTURE OF THE MONTH. 
liairs. The number of segments is variable, 
but usually from five to seven, forming large 
showy blossoms. These are produced in April, 
and doubtless for some time in succession. 
This species of clematis is a native of New 
Zealand, where it appears to have been first 
met with by Forster, who calls it C. iniegri- 
folia ; that name had, however, been already 
applied by Linnagus to a totally different 
species. The variety lohata is a native of 
the same country, and was introduced to 
England in or about 1846. Gmelin has called 
the species C. paniculata, from its panicled 
inflorescence. 
This species requires to be grown in the 
greenhouse, where it attains to considerable 
perfection when planted out, and covers a 
large space with its leaves and branches. In 
such situations, it is likely to enjoy a pro- 
minent place, "Whether grown in pots or 
planted out, it requires a substantial loamy 
soil, rich ia dung, and to be kept generally 
moist. It also requires plenty of light to aid 
the development of its numerous flowers. It 
is propagated by seed?, or cuttings of the 
ripe wood, which strike very easily under 
bell-glasses. In most gardens there are but 
few of the different sorts of clematis grown. 
At the present day, there are about twenty 
species with white, blue, rose, violet, or pur- 
ple coloured flowers; and they are particu- 
larly well adapted for the decoration of 
arbours. Professor Morren states, that at the 
Chateau da Lachen, M. Forkel trains them on 
the fruit trees, which they entwine in every 
kind of manner, so that the fruits hang amidst 
a profusion of flowers. In the spring, when 
the fruit trees are in full bloom, the clema- 
tises are only beginning to bud, so that they 
do not prevent the formation of the fruit. 
FLORICULTURE OF THE MONTH. 
BY GEORGE GLENNY. 
We have never sesn exhibited publicly 
so many Hyacinths and early Tulips as have 
been shown the past month at the meetings 
of the Society for the Promotion of Floricul- 
ture. Mr. Lockhart, of Parson's Green, has 
exhibited, at four different weekly meetings, 
no less than one hundred and twenty sorts 
of Hyacinths, including the finest varieties 
in cultivation. At Watson's Hotel, Salisbury 
Square, the head quarters of the Society, 
there were thirty noble spikes of Hyacinths, 
several Seillas, Cinerarias, and Fuchsias. 
At the Trevor Arms, Knightsbridge, there 
were twenty varieties of early Tulips, a 
Hybrid Rhododendron not very different 
from Russellianura, thirty varieties of Hya- 
cinths grown in the open ground, raised in 
this country from smaiU . offsets, which, with 
care and three years' growth, will equal the 
finest Dutch bulbs. Mr. Robinson showed 
several very interesting blooms of Cineraria, 
and Mr. Ambrose exhibited a plant of Cine- 
raria with a fine white flower slightly edged 
with lilac. The Society is, however, veiy shy 
of giving certificates without there is some 
very decided advance. At the North-East 
branch, at Kingsland, there were forty-three 
members present, and nearly sixty specimens. 
A fine seedling Auricula was shown, but not 
forward enough to judge its real merits ; and 
a plant of Cineraria, very showy, but not 
half bloomed, was produced with an intention 
of introducing it in several different stages of 
bloom. It was stated at this meeting, that 
by growing hyacinth offsets in rich light earth, 
planting them three inches deep, and picking 
off the pips, all but the top one, and taking 
them up when the leaves began to turn yellow, 
thi'ee seasons in succession, they will become 
as fine as imported Duch bulbs ; but there are 
two or three little points to be attended to in 
preserving them, and in the mode of taking 
them up. They should be dug up, the foliage 
twisted off, and the bulbs, with their roots, 
laid in rows on the surface, covered with 
three inches of soil ; after lying three weeks, 
they may be taken up, and the roots will 
come off freely, almost without pulling ; they 
must then be taken into a shady dry room, 
where it is not too light, and laid out singly, 
so that the draught of air may go through 
them. In a few days they will be quite diy, 
the earth may be cleaned off, and the skins 
will be fine and clean. The third year most of 
them will be as fine as Dutch bulljs, but those 
which are not large enough may be set an- 
other year ; the others will be fit to glass, 
or grow in the open ground or in pots, by 
the side of imported bulbs, without losing by 
the comparison. The meeting at the Fish- 
monger's Arms was not so numerously at- 
tended as the others, but there were quite as 
many specimens exhibited, comprising the 
chief bulbous plants in flower, and seedling 
crocuses, not so fine as those which were 
named at a previous meeting. We are glad to 
see an indisposition to recognise the new things 
too hastily. There has been so much harm 
done by indiscreet praise, that we shall have 
the greatest confidence in the proceedings of 
the Society for the promotion of Floriculture 
and Horticulture ; and, in proportion as they 
