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Ion"’, take off the cuttings and insert them in white sand, placing them under a 
bell glass, in a house kept at 60 to 65 deg. Fahr., taking care to put the cuttings 
in as soon as they are made, and watering them when they become dry, and in 
the course of six weeks they will be ready to pot olF.— J. Nicntles; Gard. Mag. 
CcLTDRE OF PELARGONIUMS. —Mr, Appleby, Gardener at Horsforth Hall, 
always makes it a rule to put in his cuttings in the beginning of July every year. 
He prepares them in the usual way, viz. takes them off with three joints, cuts off 
the bottom leaves pretty close to the stem, and makes a cut clear across the bot¬ 
tom joint. They are then planted round the edges of pots 9 inches diameter, 
filled to within an inch of the rim, with a compost of leaf mould, loam, and peat, 
in equal parts, and the remaining inch with light maiden soil. After the cuttings 
are pressed pretty tight in the pots, and well watered, they are placed in a frame 
facing the south, and in very sunny weather they are shaded. After the first ten 
days a little air is given when required. When rooted, they are potted into large 
60-pots, with light maiden soil, and kept in the frame till they have struck fresh 
roots 5 then inure them to the open air, and let them remain till it is necessary 
to take them into the green-house. At the end of March following, shift them 
into pots 6 inches in diameter, in a compost of equal parts of vegetable mould, 
good loam, and well-rotted cow-dung at least a year old; mix, (but do not sift 
it) and put it under a cover a few days, to dry. After this potting, a little extra 
heat is given, with plenty of water and air, which quickly brings them into flower. 
When the bloom is over, turn them out into the borders to flower again in summer 
and autumn. The essentials of this mode of treatment are,—striking cuttings in 
July every year, which prevents the plants getting too large; potting when 
struck, in small pots and poor soil; shifting in spring into larger pots, and very 
rich compost; and planting out or throwing away in summer. 
Mr. Robert Elliot, gardener to W. Hartley, Esq., Rose Hill, near Whitehaven, 
begins putting in cuttings in May, giving them the usual treatment, until they 
begin to grow freely ; he then pinches off the top shoots, which causes the plants 
to grow bushy. He keeps them all winter in a common frame, with a few inches 
thick of coal ashes, to prevent the plants from being injured by damp. Air is 
freely given by day, and the frame shut close down at night. As the winter 
advances give less water, and keep the plants’clean. All round the outside of 
the frame is covered with soil about a foot thick, pressed close, and nearly level 
with the glass, sloped so as to carry off the wet. In severe frosts cover with mats; 
and if necessary, with a straw mat, and over all a wooden shutter. Uncover the 
frame when the sun shines upon it, and cover it again as scon as the sun leaves it, 
and give air every day when the weather is mild.— Gard, Mag. 
Culture of Nelumbiums. —The N. speciosimi should be planted in the begin¬ 
ning of May. File a small hole in the shell of the seed, at the end opposite the 
point, and put it in a basin of water kept warm, and i.i about 10 days it will have 
made its first leaf; then plant it in a tub about 3 feit wide, and 18 inches deep, 
filled to about five inches of the top with mud. That part of the top covered with 
water thould be painted, to prevent the green slime {Conferva;,) from growing, 
and cover the top of the mud about an inch thick with fine sand, for the same 
purpose. Change the water twice a week, and move the sand slightly about, 
pouring the water in with a watering pot;—this should be done early in the 
morning. Bend down the young leaves with a stone to the surface of the sand, 
till the stalk is grown long enough for the leaves to remain on the water. Keep 
them in about the temperature of from 75 to 80 deg. Fahr. by day, but at night 
the house should be left open when the weather is not cold, as also sometimes on 
