The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . )roduced; after about a month, when thetub is covered with these, the stronger leaves appear, and riseout of the water 2 or 3 ft. high. {Jig. 38.) The plants then require much less care, as thegreen slime (confervae) doesnot grow readily when thewater is shaded by the should be kept as nearlyas possible in a temperatureof from 75° to 80° of Fahren-heit; that is, by day: but atnight the house should, weather is not very cold,be left (juite open, also some-times in the day, during would be as wel
The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . )roduced; after about a month, when thetub is covered with these, the stronger leaves appear, and riseout of the water 2 or 3 ft. high. {Jig. 38.) The plants then require much less care, as thegreen slime (confervae) doesnot grow readily when thewater is shaded by the should be kept as nearlyas possible in a temperatureof from 75° to 80° of Fahren-heit; that is, by day: but atnight the house should, weather is not very cold,be left (juite open, also some-times in the day, during would be as well to white-wash the inside of the glass,as any knots in it would burnthe tentler leaves. Towardsthe middle of September theyshoukl be iimred gradually lo^ the open air ; and by the end -^^^^ of the month the tubs may beail-, and left there without any covering till1 he frost has no effect on the following spring they should be jnit into another tubnewly painted inside as before, with one half fresh earth. phiccd III llic (>j)iiithe followiiiir spring Culture of BrugmansiQ, arhbrea. 153 nelumbium grows and flowers abundantly when planted intubs in Italy, care being taken with the young plants asabove. From the want of some such care in England, theyoung plants are generally lost, and the plant is seldom seenin collections, though probably any one possessing a green-house might rear it to perfection. The rose-coloured nelum-bium and the yellow nelumbium flower and seed abundantlyin Italy, and are both fragrant and beautiful. It is to be re-gretted, that, as there are many varieties of nelumbium inChina, more of the seeds are not sent to Europe. The doublewhite and double crimson varieties appear of surpassing beauty,from the drawings made of them in China. The seeds willkeep fresh any length of time. Mila7i, 1831. C. Oti the Cultivation of Brngmansm arboren {siiaveolens^in a Conservatory. By Mr. James Arnold, Gardener at GroveHouse, Cheshunt. Sir, M
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