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good rich loam and' rotten dung, well pulverized; they are not only 
greatly aided in strength, hut also in the brilliancy of their colours, 
by the richness of the compost they grow in.—I am induced to re¬ 
commend to your notice this plant, as being one that every lover of 
flowers may excel in, and I believe that in no part of the kingdom 
have their perfection been more conspicuous, as in the town of Buck¬ 
ingham. You may see in twenty different parts of the town, a single 
plant fill a window ; and in one particular, a plant in the possession 
of a tailor, had a leading stem eight feet high, producing a mass of 
laterals, forming a most beautiful pyramid of flowers, measuring in 
circumference twelve feet.—The flower gardener requested to pro¬ 
duce the best show' of flowers, could not exhibit a more imposing and 
striking appearance than wdth the campanula treated as above, and 
turned out into clumps, mixed with an equal number of the Lobelia 
splendens and fulgens brought forward in the hot-house in pots. It 
is much to be regretted, that this plant has been so long neglected, 
by the common mode of culture, it seldom exceeds three feet high; 
whereas, if treated as above, it will commonly attain seven and occa- 
si on ally eight feet, and be equally strong in proportion.—It may be 
necessary to add, that the plant when growing, ought frequently to 
be supplied with dung water. 
James Brown, Jun. 
Stowe Gardens , June 1 5th, 1832. 
ARTICLE XI. 
CULTURE OF THE GLORIO'SA SUPE'RBA. 
BY RUSTICUS. 
I am induced from the request of your correspondent. Sage, to 
send the following account of a method of treating the Gloriosa su- 
perba, to make it flower freely. About the middle of January, the 
roots should be potted two inches deep in upright forty-eight pots; 
the soil used for the purpose should be composed of one-half of loam, 
one quarter of leaf mould, and one quarter of peat, plunge the pots 
of roots in a frame or bark bed, where they will receive about eighty 
degrees of heat, water them very sparingly, until the shoots have 
grown a little. In the beginning of March, they should be shifted 
into a size larger pots, being careful not to break the balls, using 
the same compost as before; then plunge them in a bark bed or 
