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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
even in very cold weather, and the removal of half-tender plants 
into frames might be rendered quite unnecessary. 
For plants of high tropical character, and especially for those 
requiring to be constantly in a stove, this out-door heating will 
not, of course, answer ; but it would suit well for many plants, and 
especially for those which, during their season of rest, require a 
dry atmosphere, with not too high a temperature. Plants of this 
description are very numerous, and some of them highly beautiful; 
so that if the scheme were successfully introduced, it would be one 
of the most pleasing improvements ever effected in floral land¬ 
scapes. Before, however, I enter more at large upon the subject, 
I would solicit the advice both of the artist and the cultivator, as 
they are equally necessary to the proper effect of what I have 
suggested. * A Young Florist. 
ON EARLY ANNUALS. 
BY MR. A. SHEARER. 
It occurred to me, while repotting some Mignionette, Nemo- 
phila insigna, and Schizanthus pinnata, for specimen plants to 
ornament the conservatory and greenhouse, early in spring, that 
some of your readers might not be aware of the splendour and 
beauty the above mentioned annuals can be brought to by a 
little attention. Mignionette, for its gracefulness and beauty, 
and the sweet odour it sends forth from the pasture, is rendered 
attractive, even to the rudest of Flora’s admirers ; but more so 
while in the bouquet of the lady, as she holds it in her hand in 
mimic gracefulness, through the intricate mazes of the quadrille, 
or smells it in preference to all the perfumes that wealth and art 
can invent. It has been, and will be, a favourite among the ladies. • 
The following is the treatment I have adopted, and with success. 
I make three sowings : the first in the second week of August, 
the second about the end, and the third in the second week of 
September ; those for specimen plants I sow in pots of the size 
called 48, and those for remaining as they are in 32. The soil 
I use is half peat and half leaf mould, well incorporated together, 
