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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
(True, we have the Hovia Celsi , and a solitary Hyacinth.) 
Therefore the Nemophila renders itself a twofold acquisition, in 
its colour and its easy culture. I sow the seed of it and the 
Schizanthus at the same time as the Mignicnette, viz. the begin¬ 
ning of August, under hand-glasses, removing the glasses as soon 
as the plants are above the surface. I thin them out to prevent 
their being drawn up weak. When the plants are a good size, 
I pot them into 60’s, one in a pot, if strong, but sometimes 
three ; and I give them a good watering over head, and place 
them in any sheltered situation, but fully exposed to the sun. 
About the middle of October, I take the strongest, and repot 
them into 48 s, and tie up the branches to five or more sticks in 
each pot; I then place them in a cold pit, giving them all the 
air that is possible. About the beginning of December some will 
require to be shifted into 32’s, to be in flower in February, and 
the others I shift in succession into 24’s. When I shift them 
into the pots I intend them to flower in, I stick in four willows at 
regular distances round the pot, and, bending the two opposite, 
I bring them together at top in the form of a balloon ; those in 
82-pots about two feet and a half above the pot, and those in 
24’s three feet. I then put hoops of strong wire round the wil¬ 
lows, the first six inches above the pit, the other eighteen inches 
above it, securing them firm to the willows. I then tie fine 
threads of matting at regular distances between the two hoops, 
to train the shoot to which, when they reach the top, I allow them 
to hang down on the other side. The reason why I train them 
in the manner described is this :—if trained on straight sticks, as 
soon as they get to the top they break down, not being able to 
support themselves, and thus leave all the top part without any 
flowers. Another way, is not to tie them up at all, but let them 
hang down all over the pot. In doing them this way I keep 
them on shelves, to prevent their damping off. In placing them 
in the greenhouse, the pot should be placed above the height of 
the visitor, it being unsightly, not having many flowers near the 
roots. Also stakes can be driven into the border of the conserva¬ 
tory, and pots placed on the top, the shoots hanging down and 
covering the stake. The plant has in this manner a fine effect; 
in a word, it has only to be seen to be admired. 
I come now to the last mentioned, Schizanthus , which I treat 
in the same manner as the Nemophila , except the training; it 
