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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
Name of Sort. 
No. of Line in Bed. 
Number of Roots Planted. 
Quixos. 
1 
3 
If the sorts are large, it may be simplified by entering the 
number of lines planted in the second division, and the number of 
roots over any entire line or row in the third division of the book. 
When the bed is planted throughout, cover it with the earth taken 
out, viz. an inch and a half in depth ; rake it smooth, and put on a 
layer of half-rotted leaves ; this will answer the double purpose of 
keeping out frost at time of planting, and also the scorching effects 
of the summer sun. The use of entering the roots in the book is 
this: were the sticks placed at the time of planting, it would be 
impossible to rake or even cover the beds without disturbing them. 
The number sticks should be placed soon after the foliage appears : 
the different sorts may then be found with the greatest ease on 
referring to the book. 
ON THE CULTURE OF HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS. 
BY MR. JOHN GREEN, 
Gardener to Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart. 
Sir, —From the repeated disappointments that several good 
plant-growers have constantly met with in either losing many 
of their best kinds, or not growing them satisfactorily, I am 
induced to send you a brief outline of my method of culture of 
this most desirable and beautiful family. To do which I com* 
mence with the present season. As most of the plants are now 
going out of flower, no time should be lost in giving every 
encouragement to the old plants to prepare them for dividing. 
I have just removed all my plants out of the greenhouse; and all 
those that have flowered in large pots I turn out, and reduce the 
ball,—say those that flowered in a No. 12 pot I repot into a No. 24, 
in a mixture of equal parts of vegetable mould, bog, strong yellow 
loam and sand ; removing at the same time all young flower shoots, 
which are continually starting up, and if allowed to flower after 
the season, very much weaken the plant. But I do not cut off 
