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CULTURE OF THE POLYANTHUS 
purple. high ., 
Thy sano t us tuberosus ... 1 foot 
Pelargonium asarifolium 6 in. 
- dipetal am ... 6 in. 
Calopogon pulchellus 
PINK AND RED. 
Pogonia ophioglossoides. 
Alstromeria pallida. 
- psittacina. 
VARIEGATED FLOWERED. 
high . 
Calceolaria Gelliana. 4 feet 
- Youngii . 2 feet 
- - altra 2 feet 
Gladiolus psittacinus. 4 feet 
Clivea nobilis.14 in. 
Those marked with an asterisk are considered the most beautiful. 
We shall next endeavour to select a few of the handsomest Stove 
Biennials and Perennials, and supply a few hints on the culture of 
Perennials in general. 
Joseph Paxton. 
Chatsworth, June 4//?, 1833. 
ARTICLE VII. 
ON THE CULTURE OF THE POLYANTHUS. 
BY M. S. 
I keep all my polyanthuses in pots plunged in the ground, by which 
plan I can at any time remove them, should they be infested with 
slugs or any vermin. I divide and fresh pot them after the flower¬ 
ing season; as soon as the offsets shew a few new leaves in the heart, 
I crop off all the old leaves and put each plant in a pot six inches 
diameter inside, and plunge them in a cool shady place during sum¬ 
mer, where the sun never shines on them, and in winter under a 
warm wall or hedge facing the south ; in very intense frost, I throw 
a mat over them. When the flowers expand, I put them on a stage 
with a pan under each pot, which I frequently fill with water; some 
I allow to go to seed and sow the seed as soon as ripe, which soon 
comes up, and if transplanted in saucers a dozen or two in each, and 
kept in a cool frame or the greenhouse during winter, pot them in 
February in small pots, and in May plunge them in the ground, and 
most of them will flower in the autumn. I have raised some good 
seedlings this way. The soil I use is a rich loam. 
M. S. 
