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loa)n. 'I'hey were covered half an inch deep, and an inch of saw-dust was laid 
on to keep the bed from caking in winter. The saw-diist was removed about the 
middle of the March following, and in the end of that month the plants began 
to appear. The beds were then hooped, and a net thrown over them to prevent 
them from being destroyed by birds. The}?^ continued coming up till September, 
when they were attacked with the mildew^, in consequence of which a great 
number of them died the succeeding winter. Mr. Duncan has since found, that it 
is better to sow the seed in a box of from four to six inches deep.— Cal. Hor.Soc. 
On keeping Tender Plants in Cellars during Winter. —Mr. John 
Street, at Beil, has been trying several curious experiments with tender plants, 
and the results have shown that scarlet Geraniums (Pelargoniums) growing in 
pots, if plunged during summer in the open border, and taken up before the 
frosts commence, and kept during winter without water in a cellar, then planted 
out the following May or June, they will flower well and ripen plenty of seed. 
In March, 1828, Mr. Street sowed in a small wooden box, seed saved from five 
or six scarlet varieties in 1822, these produced many plants which stood abroad 
until November, the box was then put into a north shed, where the plants 
survived the winter without water, and the summer following came into flower 
Pots of Begonia cvansiana keep very w ell in a north shed without water all 
winter, about the end of March or beginning of April they are put under a glass 
case in saucers and watered. They soon begin to grow, they are then divided 
or put in larger pots, or top-dressed with rich soil as may be necessary. With 
such treatment they grow to near three feet high, and flower freely. Canna 
gigdntea. In autumn, 1828, a young plant very strong growing in a large pot, 
was put into a drjdsh dark cellar, there it remained till the end of April, 1829> 
when it was turned out into the open border. It grew luxuriantly, and flowered 
freely j two of its flowering stalks measured six feet eight inches high. In cata¬ 
logues it is marked as a stove plant growing five feet high. C. indica coccinca, 
and patens have all succeeded with the same treatment. Crimwi longifolium- 
After having flow'ered strong in the autumn of 1828, was placed in a north 
shed, and kept in a dormant state without water until the end of March, when 
the offsets were removed, and the plant potted in fresh earth, and put under a 
low glass case, in the summer it flowered well, when done flowering it was put 
under a south wall, where it remained till the 25th of November; it was then 
removed into the shed to rest all winter. Commellna tnberosa does very well 
kept in a north shed all winter without water, and then brought into the glazed 
house as they are wanted to flower, say either in Februaiy, March, or April. 
The tubers of this plant have survived for the last five or six winters in the open 
borders, growing to five feet high ripening seeds, and sowing themselves both 
on the gravel walk and in the border; these self-sown plants flower and 
ripen seeds in the same year. The tubers may likewise be preserved in dry 
earth or sand all winter like those of the Dahlia, or in boxes or drawers. 
Datura arhorea has kept very well in a dormant state in a north shed all winter, 
and planted in the open ground late in the spring with good success. From 
incidental observation, it is also thought that Rhus semialata, as well as many 
other plants, may be kept all winter in a similar manner, which will be very 
convenient and advantageous to those persons who are not possessed of proper 
plant houses, or who have not sufficient room to winter their whole stock com¬ 
fortably.— Cal, Hart. Soc. 
