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appearing freely where the seeds have lain 
dormant in the soil from August until now. 
The tiny plants should be pricked off as soon 
as they are largo enough, and that is when 
the first true leaf is well formed. I like to 
prick out a dozen plants in a small pot, and 
when the leaves have met together they are 
again potted off, three plants in one of these 
small pots. The next potting they will again 
he divided out, and one plant will be potted 
in the same sized pot. 
Last season’s seedlings will require the same 
treatment as the named plants. Any plants 
of the Alpine and show section out of doors, 
and planted in suitable positions, will do very 
well if they are frequently looked over, the 
withered leaves removed, and a surfacing of 
good loam should also be pressed firmly 
around their stems. 
The Polyanthus requires very similar treat¬ 
ment to the Auricula, and we surface-dress 
them at the same time as we do tho Auricula. 
They start into growth and bloom rather 
earlier than the Auriculas, and I do not find 
that they are so readily injured by frost. 
The varieties of the gold-laced Polyanthus 
are not so numerous as those of the Auricula, 
nor are there nearly so many raisers of them ; 
but Mr. Barlow, of Stakehill House, Man¬ 
chester, has taken up with some spirit the 
intercrossing and raising of seedlings, and we 
are now likely, in the course of a few years, 
to get up to where we were about fifty years 
ago. We are thankful for his beautiful variety 
Sunrise, recently so well figured in the Florist 
and Pomologist ; it is far superior to Lancer, 
and will well replace Kingfisher, probably now 
lost to cultivation. Criterionioo will be a notable 
addition to the dark-ground varieties, amongst 
which a well-bloomed Cheshire Favourite has 
hitherto held the highest place. John Bright 
is also a good flower. Mr. Barlow’s time is 
very much taken up, but he must manage to 
raise us some more Polyanthuses as good as 
those he exhibited in London. Of the Fancy 
Polyanthuses the varieties raised by Mr. R. 
Dean are the best, and should be grown in 
every garden. The best way to get a good 
bloom of these pretty mottled varieties is to 
sow a packet of good seeds in April and grow 
them on during the summer and winter in the 
open borders, where they will flower well in 
April. They like rich moderately clayey 
loam.—J. Douglas, Loxford Hall, Ilford. 
THE GRENADIN CARNATION. 
J | [HIS new addition to the Dianthus 
<1 family is likely to prove a valuable 
acquisition for the ornamentation of 
"conservatories and winter show-houses, 
by reason of its free-flowering habit, and 
from the facility with which it may be 
managed. A packet of seeds was obtained 
last January from the seedsman, and this was 
sown, and placed in heat about the end of 
February. A goodly number of the seeds vege¬ 
tated and came into growth pretty freely. As 
soon as considered large enough they were 
potted off into small pots singly, and kept in a 
cold frame afterwards, until they had become 
strong established plants, well rooted in their 
pots, when they were planted out-doors in 
prepared ground for the following season’s 
flowering. Seeing, however, that they were 
nearly all throwing up their flower stems early 
in November, I had them taken up, potted, 
and placed under glass, when they very soon 
commenced growing and began to open their 
flowers. 
A few of the most forward of the plants 
were put into a gentle heat, which they seem 
to have found suited to their requirements, as 
they have continued to expand their blossoms 
freety. Some of them are nicely scented. 
There are various shades of colour from 
scarlet to white ; and although some of them 
are only semi-double, or single, still from 
their dwarf and stocky habit they are all 
pretty and interesting at this dull season of 
the year. 
Last summer was a dull and sunless one, 
and it is very probable that in one more 
favourable as to sunshine and heat, they 
would be found to come still earlier into 
flower. At all events, they are very useful 
and acceptable as winter flowers, and are 
worthy of a little extra care and attention.— 
J. Webster, Gordon Castle Gardens. 
WEEPING ELMS. 
@ F Weeping Elms there are several which 
deserve attention. The American Elm 
is one of the most noble and stately of 
weeping trees. It is well known, but 
it may be proper to remark that it is not 
admissible on small lawns. 
