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became gnarled and thick, like the legs of a gouty old man; the sap 
refused to flow, and it stood the last year the picture of decay, with 
scarcely a vestige of foliage or flower. On taking it up the roots were 
found to be entirely without fibres, and apparently incapable of supplying 
nourishment to the plant. 
Birrhia. 
London, 
June lbth, 1*841. 
[I shall be most happy to hear again from this correspondent, as 
I think the above paper extremely interesting; and I shall take the 
earliest opportunity I may have, of trying myself to cultivate the Bou- 
vardia in the manner recommended.] 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE DAISY. 
BY MR. CAMERON. 
The double-flowered varieties of the daisy (Beilis perennis ), when cul¬ 
tivated with care, make a very pretty edging in any garden, but are 
more particularly adapted for small gardens in towns, where there is smoky 
atmosphere, and which may be easily managed by lady-gardeners. Few 
are aware that there are eight or nine varieties of the common daisy to be 
found under cultivation, several of which are known by name ; such as 
the hen-and-chickens, the large carnation, the small carnation, dark-red, 
light-red, striped, and the white. Each sort should be planted together, 
and by being taken up, divided, and replanted three or four times during 
the season, may be made to flower nearly all the spring and summer. 
The daisy delights in a rich and well-manured soil, which should be dug 
over and well broken before planting. To form the edging, a beginning- 
may be made in March by planting the plants in a continuous line on each 
side of the walk, two inches from the ground and three inches apart in the 
row ; they will soon commence flowering, and continue in bloom until the 
latter end of June. To keep up a succession of flowers, one half of the 
edging should be taken up in May; the ground should then be manured 
and dug, the plants separated, and only the strongest selected for replanting. 
By the beginning of July, these will be in perfection, when the other half 
should be taken up and replanted as before, continuing replanting alter¬ 
nately one-half of the edging throughout the season. This taking up and 
replanting produces much more luxuriantly-flowering plants than are 
usually obtained by only removing the plants once a year, or less frequently. 
From the number of varieties already obtained there is likewise a consi- 
