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a sowing every two months will keep up a constant bloom throughout 
the summer.. 
4. Erythrina crista-galli. The Cockscomb Coral Tree. This plant 
is one of the most splendid of the order Leguminosce. It is a native of 
Brazil, where it attains to a tree-like size; and it is one of those tropical 
plants that, if only defended from frost in winter, will flourish in the 
open air during our summer. The best compost for them is loam, 
heath mould, and well-rotted stable-dung. When they cease growing 
in autumn, cut them down, and place them in a cool greenhouse. 
About the end of November shift them into fresh soil and larger pots, 
if necessary, and remove them into a house where the heat is about 
sixty degrees. Here they will advance, and flower in March. When 
these flowers fade, cut down and treat as before, and the plants will 
again flower in July; and, by similar treatment, they may be made to 
flower once more before Christmas. When growing freely, they should 
be frequently watered overhead, to keep off the red acarus, which is a 
fatal enemy. In warm situations out of doors, both this and the E. 
laurifolia will grow and flower freely, but only once in the year; and 
in the autumn they require cutting down, and to be either well defended 
from frost where they stand, or taken out of the ground, and kept in a 
dry cellar till replanting time in the spring. 
In addition to the figures and descriptions of the foregoing plants, 
this number contains:— 
A select List of Greenhouse Shrubs, with short notes on their pecu¬ 
liar treatment, together with the colours of the flowers, and the usual 
seasons of flowering. Also, “ Operations ” relative to the management 
and propagation of exotic plants. 
Smith’s Florists’ Magazine. The September number contains 
the following plates, viz.:— 
1. Duchess of Kent Tulip. A very fine white, feathered with 
purple. It is above the general size, and is a third-row plant, and 
may be purchased for two pounds per bulb. Annexed are some Remarks 
on breaking Tulips, embracing all that is known on the subject, but 
acknowledging that much uncertainty still prevails in this branch of 
floriculture. 
2. Two fine Carnations, viz. Pugh’s “ Lady Hill,” which was raised 
from seed by Mr. Pugh, of Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, about three 
years since. It produces invariably a very large, handsome, and 
well-formed flower, strongly and definitely marked or ribboned with a 
most brilliant scarlet on a clear white; the edges of the petals are per¬ 
fectly entire. It is remarkably constant for so high-coloured a flower; 
