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THE

FLORIST'S MANUAL;

OR,

HINTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF

A

GAY FLOWER GARDEN.

WITH

OBSERVATIONS ON

THE BEST METHODS OF PREVENTING THE

DEPREDATIONS OF INSECTS.

BY

THE AUTHORESS OF

BOTANICAL DIALOGUES, AND

SKETCHES OF THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VEGETABLE JLIFE.

Illustrated by Tico engraved Plans.

LONDON :

PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN, CONDUIT STREET.

1816.

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W. Flint, Printer, Old Bailey, London.

DEDICATION.

THE FOLLOWING PACES ARE INSCRIBE©,

BY THE AUTHORESS,
TO HER HIGHLY ESTEEMED FRIEND,

LADY BROUGHTON,

AS A TRIBUTB TO THE TASTE AND INGENUITY WHICH SHE
HAS DISPLAYED

IN THE FORMATION AND ARRANGEMENT
OF HER PECULIARLY BEAUTIFU*

FLOWER GARDEN.

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THE PLATES.

Plate I.

Plan of a Flower Garden in the midst of Plea~
sure Ground, surrounded by Shrubs.

The borders may be easily arranged for the simple
parterre. Forms 1, and 2, peculiarly adapted to the
advantageous exhibition of flowers. General length
of the beds from twenty-three to twenty-five feet.
Width, in the broadest part, about four feet. Five
or six feet of grass in the widest part between the
beds, all the borders a good deal raised.

The tree at the entrance, which should be one of
light, and rather pendulous foliage, must be cut to
form a high stem, and the borders, if viewed under
the branches, will have a beautiful effect. If the
space of grass betwixt the borders appear too great,
it may be lessened by baskets of ever-blowing roses,
carnations, or any other plants ; and these baskets
may be formed by circular beds, surrounded by cast
iron, made to resemble the open edges of a basket,
and painted of a very dark green colour.

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Plate II.

Plan of a Flower Garden upon a large scale,
and more peculiarly adapted to the Pleasure-Ground
Garden, although the form of the borders might be
made use of in the common parterres, if judiciously
planted so as to blend the variety of colours well with
each other. The space of grass betwixt the shrubs
and the borders should not be less than six feet.

THE

FLORIST'S MANUAL.

The beautiful varieties of colour, form,
and scent, exhibited in the structure of
the vegetable creation, have, from the
beginning of time, forcibly attracted the
attention of mankind from the early age
of infancy to the latest period of the
decline of life ; and have excited admi-
ration from the inhabitant of the cottage,
to him, the wisest of the human species,
who dwelt in palaces, and spake of
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plants, " from the cedar of Libanus, to
the hyssop which grew upon the wall."
We may then, perhaps, be allowed to
consider it as a part of the wisdom of
the present sapient sera, that the vegetable
species is become a subject of general
enquiry, and of prime consideration in
the arrangement of every modern dwel-
ling.

Omitting the scientific investigation
into the modes and habits of vegetable
existence, which affords a study of ex-
quisite delight to the ingeniously curious,
we confine ourselves to those gratifica-
tions only, which may be derived from
vegetables, to the visual, the olfactory,
and the saporific senses, their importance
to the latter being evinced by the expen-
sive buildings, extent of ground, and
numerous attendants appropriated to their

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culture and accommodation, near all the
habitations of the opulent ; also, in every
degree, from the luxurious exotic, fos-
tered by the great, to the vine, which
creeping around the cottage window,
delights, at once, the eye, and gratifies
the palate, of the humble inhabitant.

These grosser charms of vegetables,
form, however, no part of our present
enquiry. The universal taste, may it not
be termed passion? now manifested for
the accumulation and cultivation of flow-
ers, is the main object of immediate con-
sideration. Having, from early child-
hood to advanced age, possessed, I may
almost say, an hereditary liking for this
lovely order of creation, and having,
from the subject, in all its branches,
derived the most interesting amusement
of my youth, I am solicitous to render
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my sister florists partakers of my plea-
sures, so far, as by laying before them
a few hints, the result of experience, I
may enable them more methodically to
arrange their flowers, and so to blend
their colours, that through most part of
the spring and summer months they may
procure a succession of enamelled bor-
ders, which, without the knowledge of
the tints afforded by each season, cannot
be made to exhibit half the charms that a
flower-garden, well conducted, has the
capacity of presenting to the view.

It is to hints only that I pretend, nor
should I presume even so far, were I not
frequently consulted on the subject of pro-
curing a gay Flower Garden, and did I
not receive complaints from my florist
friends, that they find labour and expense
exerted in vain to the attainment of this

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much desired object : labour and expense
will ever be in vain, unless the lady her-
self is capable of directing them to their
wished-for purpose, and it is to effect
this purpose that these few pages are
composed.

A Flower- Gar den is now become a
necessary appendage of every fashion-
able residence, and hence it is more fre-
quently left to the direction of a gardener,
than arranged by the guidance of genuine
taste in the owner ; and the fashionable
novice, who has stored her borders, from
the catalogue of some celebrated name,
with variety of rare species, who has pro-
cured innumerable rose-trees, chiefly con-
sisting of old and common sorts, brought
into notice by new nomenclature, who
has set apart a portion of ground for Ame-
rican plants, and duly placed them in bog

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soil, with their names painted on large
headed pegs, becomes disappointed when,
instead of the brilliant glow of her more
humble neighbour's parterre, she finds her
own distinguished only by paucity of
colour, and fruitless expenditure.

Variety of species, bog borders, and
largely lettered pegs, are all good in their
way, but they will not produce a gay
flower-garden ; and the simple cause of
the general failure in this particular is the
prevalent solicitude for rarity and variety,
in preference to well-blended quantity ; as,
without the frequent repetition of the same
plant, it will be in vain to attempt a bril-
liant flower-garden, and, as in the judi-
cious mixture of every common colour
the art of procuring it consists. Hence,
the foundation thus laid, the solicitude of
those who wish to complete the super-

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structure must not be for rare species, but
for new colour, so that the commonest
primula which presents a fresh shade of
red, blue, yellow, &c. ought to be esteem-
ed more valuable than the most rare
American plant which does not bring a
similar advantage.

In the formation of that assemblage of
flowers, which may be distinguished by
the term of " The Mingled Flower Gar-
den," it is essential that the separate parts
should, in their appearance, constitute a
whole ; and this appearance is more
easily effected, if the borders are straight,
and laid sideways, one before the other ;
but it is not incompatible with any form
into which the ground may be thrown, if
attention be given to the manner of
planting.

In some gardens this appearance of a

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whole is entirely destroyed by the injudi-
cious taste of setting apart distinct borders
for pinks, hepaticas, primulas, or any other
favourite kinds of flowers; also for dif-
ferent species of bulbs, as anemones, ranun-
culuses, hyacinths, &c. ; these distinct bor-
ders, although beautiful in themselves,
break that whole which should always be
presented to the eye by the mingled
flower garden, as single beds, containing
one species only, form a blank before that
species produces its flowers, and a mass of
decaying leaves when the glow of their
petals is no more.

The reverse of this mode of planting is
essential to the perfection of the mingled
flower garden, in each border of which,
there should be, at least, two of every spe-
cies; but the precise number must be regu-
lated by the force of colour displayed by

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the plant, and the size and the relative
position of the borders. It will be only
necessary to observe that, to whatever view
the garden presents itself, the eye should
not be checked by the failure, in any
part of it, of the prevalent colours of the
season. The situation of a flower garden
is rarely left to the free option of the
owner, that option being generally con-
trolled by a variety of small circum-
stances to which she will, in some degree,
be obliged to submit, and more particu-
larly so in that humble flower garden for
the construction of which alone, I pretend
to offer hints of direction ; but this, al-
though the one most easily to be obtained,
should not be neglected, even by those
who have the power of cultivating exotics
in their highest perfection.

The common, or Mingled Flower
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Garden should be situated so as to
form an ornamental appendage to the
house, and where the plan of ground will
admit, placed before windows exposed to
a southern or south-east aspect ; and,
although, to this position there may
appear the objection of the flowers turn-
ing their petals to the sun, and conse-
quently from the windows, this predi-
lection in the tribe of Flora for the rays
of that bright luminary, will produce the
same effect in whatever place our flowers
may be situated, when in the vicinity
of a building, as they invariably expose
the front of their corols to the light,
from which both the petals of flowers
and the leaves of plants are believed to
derive some material essential to their
existence.

The compass of ground appropriated

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to flowers must vary according to the
size of the place of which that ground
forms a part, and should in no case be
of great extent. The principle on which
the parterre should be laid out, ought to
be that of exhibiting a variety of colour
and form so nicely blended as to present
one whole. In a flower garden viewed
from the windows of a house, this effect,
as has been observed above, is best pro-
duced by strait borders laid sideways
of each other, and to the windows from
whence they are seen, as by that position
the colours shew themselves in one mass,
whereas, if placed end-way, the alleys,
which are necessary for the purpose of
going amongst the flowers, divide the
whole, and occasion an appearance of
poverty. Should an intermixture of turf
with the flower borders be preferred, then

12 THE FLORIST'S MANUAL.

the borders should be of various forms,
examples of which are prefixed to the
book*.

It is more difficult than may at first ap-
pear, to plan, even upon a small scale,
such a piece of ground, nor perhaps,
would any but an experienced scientific
eye be aware of the difficulties to be
encountered in the disposal of a few
shaped borders interspersed with turf;
the nicety consists in arrangiDg the
different parts so as to form a connected
glow of colour, to effect which it will be
necessary to place the borders in such a
manner that when viewed from the
windows of the house, or from the
principal entrance into the garden, one
border shall not intercept the beauties of

* See Plates.

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another, nor in avoiding that error, pro
duce one still greater, that of vacancies
betwixt the borders forming small avenues,
by which the whole is separated into
broken parts, and the general effect lost.

Another point to be attended to is
the just proportion of green turf, which,
without nice observation, will be too much
or too little for the colour with which it is
blended ; and lastly, the breadth of the
flower borders should not be greater
than what will place the roots within
reach of the gardener's arm without the
necessity of treading upon the soil, the
mark of footsteps being a deformity
wherever it appears amongst our flowers.
If the form of ground where a parterre
is to be situated is sloping, the size
should be larger than when a flat surface,
and the borders of various shapes and on

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a bolder scale, and intermingled with
grass ; but such a flower garden partakes
more of the nature of pleasure ground
than of the common parterre, and will
admit of a judicious introduction of
flowering shrubs.

If it happen that a house be nearly-
surrounded by a flower-garden, the
variety of aspect thence afforded will be
favourable to the continuance of the
bloom of our flowers far beyond what
can be obtained if confined to a southern
exposure. South, south-east, and east,
are the aspects most advantageous to the
growth of flowers; and, possessing these
varieties of exposure, the bloom of a
garden may be protracted some weeks
beyond the time it could be preserved
under a single aspect. When apart
from the house, the Mingled Flower

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Garden may be introduced with great
advantage, if situated so as to form a
portion of the pleasure-ground: in this
case it should not be distant from the
house, but so contrived as to terminate
one of the walks of the home shrubberies ;
the garden must be situated south, or
south-east, and the fence, which will be
necessary for protection from hares and
other animals, should be made of wire,
and, in some peculiar situations, might,
perhaps, be nicely hidden by low shrubs,
periwinkle and other running plants,
which will readily grow upon mossy
trunks, roots, or arms of old trees : and
these, thrown carelessly on the ground,
and judiciously planted, might form a part
of the beauty of the garden, while they
served the purpose of veiling the fence
from the eye; also, fragments of stone

16 THE FLORIST'S MANUAL.

may be made use of, planted with such
roots as nourish among rocks, and to
which it might not be difficult to give
a natural appearance, so far as by bring-
ing forward to the view the utility of these
stones in the culture of the vegetables
growing thereon, while the real purpose
of breaking the line and concealing the
boundary fence might be disguised.

The present fashion of introducing
into flower-gardens this kind of rock- work
requires the hand of taste to assimilate it
to our flower borders, the massive fabric
of the rock being liable to render the
lighter assemblage of the borders diminu-
tive and meagre : on this point, caution
only can be given, the execution must be
left to the elegant eye of taste, which,
thus warned, will quickly perceive such
deformity,

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I must venture to disapprove the ex-
tended manner in which this vegetable
rock-work is sometimes introduced, not
having been able to reconcile my eye,
even in gardens planned and cultivated
with every advantage which elegant in-
genuity can give them, to the unnatural
appearance of artificial crags of rock
and other stones interspersed with de-
licate plants, to the culture of which the
fertile and sheltered border is evidently
necessary, being decided that nothing of
the kind should be admitted into the
simple parterre that is not manifestly of
use to the growth of some of the species
therein exhibited.

In pleasure-grounds or flower-gardens
on an extensive scale, where we meet
with fountains and statuary, the greater
kinds of vegetable rock- work might pro-

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bably be well introduced ; but to such a
magnificent display of art I feel my taste
and knowledge wholly incompetent. I
attempt only to assist in the humble path
of exhibiting to the best advantage the mo-
derately-sized flower-garden, replete with
colour of every variety, and in order
to the procuring such variety I shall an-
nex to this little book a short list of the
commonest plants which expand their
beauties at the same season, and of the
colours prevalent in that season, so that
by consulting that list any one may be
enabled to form a gay and well-mingled
garden throughout the spring and summer
months at a small expense; and thus,
having formed the basis, more rare plants,
or a more extended variety may be su-
peradded, as choice or circumstances
may admit. Also, where neither expense

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nor trouble oppose their prohibitory bar-
rier, many of the vegetable tribe may be
cultivated to greater perfection, if we
appropriate different gardens to the
growth of different species, as, although
it is essential to the completion of our
first kind of garden to introduce, on
account of their scent and beauty, some
of the more hardy species of the flowers
termed annuals, in that situation room
cannot be afforded them sufficient to their
production in that full luxuriancy which
they will exhibit when not crowded and
overshadowed by herbaceous vegetables;
and hence becomes desirable that which
may be called The Annual Flower Gar-
den, into which no other kind of flower
is admitted besides that fugacious order,
and under which is contained so great a
variety of beauty and elegance as one

20 THE FLORIST'S MANUAL.

well calculated to form a garden, vying
in brilliancy with the finest collection of
hardy perennials.

Also, the plants comprised under the
bulbous division of vegetables, although
equally essential to the perfection of The
Mingled Flower Garden, lose much of their
peculiar beauty when not cultivated by
themselves, and will well repay the trouble
of an assiduous care to give to each species
the soil and aspect best suited to its nature.
Two kinds of garden may be formed from
the extensive and beautiful variety of bul-
bous-rooted flowers, the first, wherein they
should be planted in distinct compart-
ments, each kind having a border appro-
priated to itself, thus forming, in the
Eastern taste, not only the " garden of
hyacinths," but a garden of each species
of bulb which is capable of being brought

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to perfection without the fostering shelter
of a conservatory. The second bulbous
garden might be formed from a collection
of the almost infinite variety of this lovely
tribe, the intermixture of which might pro-
duce the most beautiful effect, and a suc-
cession of bloom to continue throughout
the early months of summer. A similar
extension of pleasure might be derived
from a similar division of all kinds of
flowers, and here the taste for borders
planted with distinct tribes may be pro-
perly exercised, and, as most of the kinds
of bulbs best suited to this disposition have
finished their bloom before the usual time
at which annuals disclose their beauties,
the annual and the bulbous gardens might
be so united, that, at the period when the
bloom of the latter has disappeared, the
opening cords of the former might supply

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its place and continue the gaiety of the
borders ; nor is there the same inconve-
nience in planting together annuals and
bulbous roots, as when annuals are min-
gled with a mass of herbaceous plants, the
leaves of the bulbs being past their period
of growth, and on the decline, may be
tied together without the hazard of injury
to the ^forming bulb, and thus kept from
over-shadowing the tender growing plants
of the annuals. The ingenious Florist
will perceive that by the skilful conduct
of separating and combining, she may

* As all bulbs are annually renewed by the growth of
a new bulb formed and nourished from the bulb of the
preceding- year and from the recrements of its foliage,
many bulbous plants are destroyed, or materially weak-
ened by the ignorant practice of cutting off the leaves as
soon as the flowers are faded. — See Sketches of the
Physiology of Vegetable Life, page 156, and plate 12.

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multiply and vary the display of her
flowers to the utmost extent that her
fancy may suggest; but in such a fan-
tastic extent of her power I do not pre-
tend to accompany her, nor even to offer
directions for any kind of garden except
that which may be generally attainable.
I must, however, recommend a spring
conservatory, annexed to the house, con-
sisting of borders sheltered by glass and
heated only to the degree that will pro-
duce a temperate climate, under which all
the flowers that would naturally bloom
betwixt the months of February and
May, might be collected, and thence be
enabled to expand their beauties with
vigour, which, when they are exposed to
the vicissitudes of the open air, becomes
so impaired by the harsh winds of spring
as annually to blight their charms, and

24 THE florist's manual.

disappoint our expectations ; so that we
usually think ourselves fortunate- if we
are able to preserve the roots alive, encou-
raging ourselves with the hope of the
future year, which hope is again disap-
pointed as spring with its chilling blasts
returns.

Weather, however, is not the only
enemy from which we have to fear the
destruction of our plants; insects of all
kinds and degrees attack our seeds, our
roots, and our flowers : hence directions
for the prevention of such depredators
become a necessary part of a work which
has for its object the exhibition of the
floral world to its greatest advantage, and
as amongst the various receipts given by
all gardeners for the destruction of insects,
I have not found any which can be
esteemed efficacious, I hope I may not

THE florist's manual. 2b

appear too diffuse in my detail of the only
method which, I believe, will clear our
borders of these enemies, and which, if
skilfully followed, may nearly effect their
annihilation.

The simple and laborious mode of pick-
ing away the animal, is the only one to
which recourse can be had with perma-
nent advantage ; and to give full efficacy
to this method of rescuing our plants
from caterpillars, snails, &c. our attacks
must be made upon them at particular
seasons, and a knowledge acquired of
their history, so far as to enable us to
have swarms of them destroyed in the
destruction of an individual of the species ;
without, however, much research into their
natural history we may, from common
observation, understand that in the winged
insect we may free our plants from an

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26 THE florist's manual.

innumerable tribe of those which crawl,
and which, in that reptile state, have the
capacity of devouring the whole pro-
duct of a garden.

The two periods of change of form in
the caterpillar species seem to afford the
most advantageous times to put an end to
their existence, as in the ephemeral but-
terfly, if timely attended to, we may de-
stroy the animal before it has acquired the
power of disseminating its young progeny ;
and, in the intermediate and voracious
state of caterpillar, every single one which
is prevented attaining the winged form
preserves our flowers from an host of
enemies.

The green caterpillar is the most com-
mon foe to our flower borders, and in
autumn attacks the branches of migno-
nette in such numbers, as to afford an easy

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opportunity of their destruction. A more
persevering enemy, and one more difficult
to exterminate from gardens, is the snail,
or common slug, which, forming its habi-
tation under the soil, attacks the roots of
flowers, and frequently destroys them, be-
fore the gardener can be aware of the mis-
chief, that too often becoming visible only
when past reparation. Under a vigilant
eye, however, plants will not twice suffer
from the enemy not being ostensible; as
the symptoms of his vicinity may be
marked by flowers perishing as they first
emerge from their buds or bulbs, by leaves
or petals being pierced in small holes, or
having the appearance of being gnawed,
or in growth, or from, almost, any failure
in vigour which cannot be accounted for
by external causes.

In my early acquaintance wjth the per-
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28 THE FLORIST'S MANUAL.

nicious effects of snails, having observed a
root of hepatica, which had been recently
planted, fade and shew symptoms of
some fatal malady, I caused it to be taken
out of the ground, and found amongst the
fibres of its roots a number of those beau-
tiful pearl-like substances, which are the
eggs of the snail. Having caused these,
with some snails, which were also found
amongst the roots, to be taken away, and
the hepatica to be re-planted, I soon per-
ceived the good effects of having dis-
lodged the enemy, as the plant flourished
from that period.

In cold and dry weather the snail rarely
appears, but after warm showers it may
generally be found ; early in the morn-
ing, and about the close of evening, are
the usual times of these insects coming
abroad, when they may be picked up in

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large quantities. They will, however, fre-
quently molest a plant for a length of time,
without being visible, in which case, when
there is reason to suspect the hidden at-
tacks of snails, the only method to entrap
them is to place a common garden-pot
over the infested root, and it will rarely
occur that the enemy is not discovered, as
snails fasten themselves to the sides or
tops of pots, boards, or mats so placed,
and, thence, are easily taken. In droughty
seasons it will be of use to water the plant
before it is covered, as the moisture of the
earth will be an additional motive of at*
traction to draw the animal from his
hiding place.

And here I must be allowed to recom-
mend to all those, who, for the protection
of their flowers, and fruits, are obliged to
destroy an order of creation, indubitably

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endowed with sensations of pleasure and
pain, to take care that their existence is
put an end to with humanity ; if thrown
immediately into water, the snail is
instantly destroyed, and consequently can
scarcely be susceptible of suffering.

The smaller insects which infest rose-
trees, and some herbaceous plants, can
only be kept within moderate bounds by
sweeping them from the branches, or by
cutting off those whereon they are found
in most profusion. — In carrying off these
diminutive enemies, birds are peculiarly
serviceable ; and a well-authenticated fact,
which I have received, of the conduct
of a hen writh her chickens, seems to hint
that we might render them of use in our
gardens, although it may be doubtful
wrhether the injury liable to be sustained
by the scratching of their claws, would

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not counterbalance the advantage of the
number of insects cleared away by their
beaks. — The fact was stated to me as
follows.

A lady, whose garden was enclosed by a
hedge of rose-trees, and which rose-trees
were covered by swarms of minute insects,
saw a hen lead her flock of chickens into the
garden; her immediate intention was to have
them driven out, but she soon perceived
their eyes fixed upon the rose-trees, and
watched them until they had satiated their
appetites, and perfectly cleared some of
the trees.

In the attention given to the habits of
snails it should be peculiarly exerted at
the time when a plant is first put into the
ground, and again when it puts forth
its vernal buds, also when, after having
flowered, the leaves begin to decay, at

32 THE FLORIST'S MANUAL.

which period bulbs are apt to be lost, and
most frequently, in consequence of the at-
tacks of snails, as at that time they are
not only infested by the snails of complete
growth, but also with numbers recently
come forth from their eggs, and of a size
scarcely equalling that of the head of a
large pin, and these minute animals, if
not destroyed, will deprive many bulbs,
and also many buds of herbaceous plants
of their existence.

It is remarkable that insects generally
attack those plants which are least vigor-
ous, and the reason of their selection of
such leaves as are beginning to decay may
be, that in their declining state they have
usually a peculiar sweetness, probably,
perhaps owing to some saccharine juices
which are preparing for the nutriment of
the bulb or bud which is forming in their

THE FLORIST'S MANUAL. 33

bosoms, it being known to botanic philo-
sophers that the nascent vegetable derives
its sustenance from the recrements of the
one from which it takes its birth.

And now, trusting that the hints con-
tained in these few pages may enable my
sister gardeners to cultivate their flowers
to a degree of perfection suited to their
wishes, and, by so doing, render them ob-
jects of their genuine admiration, I will
not disguise my earnest desire to lead them
from the pleasure they receive in the su-
perficial view of a profusion of gay and
varied colours before their windows, to
the investigation of the habits and pro-
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34 THE florist's manual.

perties of these elegant playthings, as in
every change of season, amusement, ever
new and varying, may be derived from
the study of vegetable existence.

The dreary months of winter, which,
to the uninformed eye, exhibit only de-
struction and desolation, present to that of
the botanic philosopher a scene of order,
renovation, and beauty, while he contem-
plates the infinite variety which forms
the whole of that vast plan of care and
preservation evinced in the mechanism
of the minutest bud, which awaits only
the genial breath of spring to expand its
wonders to the day.

In the slow and gradual decay of the
foliage of his trees, he sees, from the
recrements of that foliage, an increase as
slow and gradual of the buds which are
preparing, in their turn, to enjoy the

THE FLORIST'S MANUAL. 35

transient pleasures of existence ; and as
the leaves of the flower borders fade
away, and, apparently, perish, the philo-
sophical florist perceives, in their decay,
new birth given to a viviparous progeny,
with the same certainty as the seed buried
within the earth reproduces its seminal
posterity, or as the butterfly arises from
its chrysalis.

I hope I shall not be deemed presump-
tuous in recommending to the perusal of
genuine Florists, a small tract, entitled,
Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable
Life* which, being chiefly the result of
simple experiments, is calculated to in-
struct those young persons, who, while
they amuse themselves by the culture of
their gardens, may not have either leisure

* Sold by Hatchard, Piccadilly.

36 THE FLORIST'S MANUAL.

or inclination for actual study, and may
be pleased to find collected, in a few
pages, a variety of interesting and highly
curious facts relating to the cherished ob-
jects of their attention, and which may be
understood without the labour of close ap-
plication. Therein, also, the young Florist
will find a view of the wonderful process
which takes place in the reproduction of
all bulbs, the knowledge of which may
be esteemed essential to the conduct of
their increase, and which ought to be
acquired by all who are desirous of pos-
sessing, in perfection, those prime trea-
sures of the floral amateur.

In having condemned the search after
rarity and variety, I must be understood
to confine my disapprobation of this
pursuit to the general Florist only: to the
classical botanist variety and rarity are of

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the first value ; hence the gardens of the
classical botanist and general florist dif-
fer, even in their first principles. The
botanist will justly estimate the value of
her garden by the number of genera, and
the variety and rarity of species therein
collected; and while, to the comprehen-
sion of the Florist, there is little exhibited
besides the lettered pegs which obscure,
while they enumerate, the plants, the
classical botanist will exult in the posses-
sion of a greater number of species of
some rare individual genus than, per-
haps, it may be within the power of
botanists, in general, to obtain.

The botanist, and the general Florist,
for I speak not of those Florists who
confine their admiration of flowers to the
greater or lesser number of stripes in the
petals of a tulip or of a carnation, are

38 THE florist's manual.

more nearly allied in their tastes than
may, at first, appear. That which pleases
one, gratifies the other ; and it is only in
the extent of their observation that they
will be found to differ. The sleep of
plants, their various modes of inflores-
cence, the annual phenomenon of germi-
nation, the change of position of the seed-
vessels, through the marvellous process of
fructification, have each excited the sur-
prise and admiration of every intelligent
Florist. She observes, and is amused by
such appearances, but exerts her intellect
no farther; while the philosophic botanist
reasons from effect to cause, until she
cannot refuse her belief that the curious
and beautiful economy of vegetable exist-
ence must proceed from laws not purely
mechanical. Notwithstanding the dis-
tinction we find between the classical and

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the philosophical botanist, and yet greater
betwixt the scientific pursuit of the know-
ledge of flowers, and that of merely-
arranging them into an assemblage of
colours, I venture to assert that, while it
is essential to the botanical philosopher to
be acquainted with an accurate view of
the science of classification, the Florist
will increase her amusement ten-fold by
making herself familiar with the ingenious
system of the great parent of botany,
Linneus, and some knowledge of which
seems unavoidable in those ladies who,
in cultivating their favourite flowers, exer-
cise the mental along with the corporeal
faculty.

It is certain, however, that an inquiry
into the science of the subject is by no
means essential to the pleasure which may
be derived from the culture of a flower-

40 THE FLORIST'S MANUAL.

garden ; and, notwithstanding that I re-
commend to the genuine Florist a more
extended acquaintance with the economy
and habits of the vegetable tribe, the
wonders of which are hourly passing
before her eyes, I have too much expe-
rience of the delight which may be excited
by the bare view of the simplest flower of
our meadows, or of our hedge-bank, to
entertain a doubt of the gratification re-
ceived by the general Florist from the
superficial contemplation of her cultivated
borders. I shall, however, esteem myself
happy if by these trivial observations I in-
duce, even a few, of my sister Florists to
exercise their intellect, or relieve their
ennui by an inquiry into the causes whence
those effects proceed, which, while gather-
ing a common nosegay, cannot but fre-
quently have solicited their attention,

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Nor is it only the amusement of the
present moment that I seek to afford. To
use and not to fatigue the understanding,
to interest and not to absorb the mind,
is the true art by which happiness is to
be attained; and, while from the won-
derful structure of the creature, we are
led to the contemplation of the Creator,
we shall find this a more certain panacea
to the daily chagrins of human life, than
all that the dissipation of the gilded
hours of indiscriminate society has ever
been able to afford.

M. E. J.

Somersal Hall.

CATALOGUE

OF

COMMON HERBACEOUS PLANTS,

CATALOGUE

OF

COMMON HERBACEOUS PLANTS,

With their Colours, as they appear in each Season
from February to August.

The Names of the Flowers accented according to the
Lichfield Translation of the System of Vegetables
of Linneus.

V. marks varieties, of a true species.

FEBRUARY.

RED.

MAY.

Anemone.

hepdtica,

•

Single and double,

hortensis,

•

Varieties,

Alyssum,

•

Alysson,

deltoideum

•

Purple

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FEBRUARY. MAY.

Bellis,

perennis,

Erinus,

alpinus,
Erythrdnium dens cards,
Fritilldria imperidlis,
meleagris,
Fumdria,

solida,

Hyachithus orientate,
Orohus vernus
Phlon, Lychnidea.

subuldta,

setdcea,
Primula vulgaris,

RED.

Daisie.
V. from deep crimson to
pink and white.

Grows low.
Pretty.
Dog's tooth -violet.
Crown imperial.
With Vs.
Fumitory.
Bulb-rooted, flowers early,
troublesome, from seed-
ing profusely.
Oriental, single and double.
Spring vetch.

Awl-shaped.

Bristly.

Common primrose. Vs. in

shades of red, single and

double, including double

Polyanthus, which gives

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47

FEBRUARY.

Villosa,

longiflora,
farinosa,

Anemone hepdtica,

MAY.
RED.

a handsome very dark

shade of red.

Villous, beautiful, and V.

Long-leaved.

Mealy.

BLUE.

Single, semi-double, and
double.

Pulsatilla,
apennina,
Cynoglossum,

omphalodes,
Crocus,

vermes,
Hyacinthus,

botryoides,
comosus,
Iris,

pumila,
Primula,

Apennine.
Hound's tongue.
Comfrey-leaved.

Spring.

Grape.
Purple grape.

Dwarf.
Auricula, deep blue, with
the eye brimstone-co-
loured.

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FEBRUARY.

MAY.

BLUE.

Pulmondria,

Lung-wort.

officinalis,

Officinal.

Virginica,

Virginian, bright blue.

Scilla,

praecox,

Early-flowering.

bifolia,

Two-leaved.

verna,

Vernal.

All pretty, grow low ; —

many bulbs should be

planted together.

Viola,

Pansie, tri- colour, very

large, rich blue; and

*

paler shade, with the

flowers of less size. —

V.

YELLOW.

Adonis verudlis,

Spring Adonis.

Alyssum,

Alysson of Crete.

saxdtile,

Rock.

minimum,

Smallest.

Crocus,

vernus,

Spring.

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49

II BRUARY. MAY.

> M.I.OW.

Crocus,

sulphureusy . . . Sulphur.

susidnus, . . Cloth of gold.

Erythronium, . . . Dog's tooth.

Americdnum, American. Not so hand-
some as the other spe-*
cies.
Fritilldria imperidlis, . . Crown imperial.
Hellrborus hyemdlis, . . Winter aconite.

Narcissus,

angusiissimus, . Narrow-leaved.

minor, . Grows low ; very pretty.

bulboiodium, . Hoop-petticoat.

N. Grows low, and gives
a deep shade of yellow.
triandrus, . Pale yellow, 3-stamened,
Yery pretty.
Narcissus,

jonquilla, . Jonquil, single and double.
Pseudo-Narcissus, . . Daffodil with Vs.

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FEBRUARY. MAY.

YELLOW.

Bicolor, . Butter and eggs, single and
double.
Taretta, . . . Polianthus with Vs.

primula, . Auricula, single and double,
the double beautiful.
Veris, ... V. ox-lip and cow's-lip.

Anemone,

nemorosa,
hepdtica,

Arabis alpina,
BHlis,

perennis,
Carddminc pratensis,
Crocus,

biflorus,

WHITE.

Wood.
Single and double.
More rare and more ten-
der than the coloured.
Wall-cress alpine.
Daisie.
V. double, very pretty.
Lady's smock, double.
Scotch crocus.
Two-flowered. Valuable for
blowing some weeks be-
fore crocus vernus.

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FEBRUARY. MAY.

WHITE.

Erythrvnium ,

dens-canis, . Dog-tooth. More rare than
the red, a beautiful fea-
ture in the mingled flow-
er-garden : not less than
ten bulbs should be
planted together.
Snow-drop, single and dou-
ble.

Christmas rose.
Snow-flake.
Spring.
White auricula.
V. paper-primrose, single
and double, hose in hose.
Hanunadut amplcxlcaulis, Stem -clasping plantain -

leaved crow-foot.
Sanguindria Canadense, . Puccoon, Canadian.
'la cordifolia, . . Heart-leaved.

Galdnthus nivalis,

Helleborus niger,
Lecucojum,

vernum.
Primula nivalis,
vulgaris,

p*

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MAY.

AUGUST.

RED.

Antirrhinum,

Snap dragons ; various

shades.

Astrantia,

major,

minor.

Aquilegia,

Colombine,

vulgaris,

Common; many varieties.,

the starry very pretty.

Canadense,

Canada; red and yellow.

Anemone,

hortensis,

Many Vs; from deep scar-

Bellis proltfera,

let to pink and white.
By sowing seed every
springs and planting the
roots at different periods,
the bloom of this beau-
tiful flower may be con-
tinued through most part
of the spring and sum-
mer months.
Hen and chicken daisie.

MAY,

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RED.

53

Cistus,

helidnthemum,
CheirdnthuSj cheiri,
annuus,
incanus,
Chelone,

harhdta,
obliqua,
Didnthus,

barbdtus,
superhus,
ccesius,

Dictdmnus,
Dodecdtheon,

meadia,

Epilobium,

angiistissimum,

Fumdria,

jormosa,

Dwarf.

Bleeding wall-flower.

Stock, ten weeks.

Brompton stock.

Beard-flowered.

Red-flowered.

Sweet-William.

Mule and tree-mule.

Superb.

Mountain : star-pinks and

variety of carnations.

Fraxinella.

Virginian.
Willow-herb.
Rosemary-leaved.
Fumitory.
Red-flowered.

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MAY.

RED.

Geranium macrohirum,
sylvdticum,
sanguineum,
Lancastriense,
Gladiolus communis,
Iris versicolor,
Ldthyrus latifolius,
Lilium chalcedonicum,
Lychnis,

viscdria,
Jlos-cuctili,
chalcedonica,
Ly thrum,

Salicdria,
virgdtum,
Mondrda didyma, .

Orobus vdrius,
Orchis mdscula,

AUGUST.

. Long-rooted.

Wood.

Bloody.

Lancashire.

Corn-flag.common.

Various-coloured.

Everlasting pea.

Martagon, scarlet.

Viscid.

Ragged robin, double.

Scarlet, single and double.

Common.
• Twiggy.
Common scarlet and pale
purple.

Red and yellow vetch.
Deep shade of purple red :
very good effect. See
observations, p. 69.

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55

MAY.

Papdver,

Poeonia,

orientate ,
officinalis,

tenuifolia,

Phlon,

glaberrima,

stolonjfera,

ovdta,

amaena,

intermedia,

piUsa,

maculdta,

Rudbeckia purpurea,

SciUa, .

nutans,

Tulipa gesneridna,

AUGUST.
BED.

Poppy.

Eastern.

Peony,

Common, dark, double

red, and rose-coloured.
Fine-leaved Lychnidea.

Smoothest.

Creeping.

Oval-leaved.

Fine red.

Intermediate.

Very pretty.

Spotted.

Purple.

Hare-bell.

Flesh-coloured.

Garden tulip. Single and

double ; single, rich deep

red : very good effect.

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MAY. AUGUST.

RED.

Tidipa, . . . Tulip, dwarf.

suaveulens, . Van Tol. sweet scented.

Cleremont, . . Pink and white.

Thatictrum aquilegi folium, . Meadow rue.

Columbine - leaved, with
purple flowers.

Valeriana. Valerian.

rubra, . . Red, two shades.

Veronica, .... Spiked.

carnea, . Flesh-coloured, two shades.

BLUE.

Anemone,

ho?iensis, V. . The double kinds, not
adapted to mingled
flower borders, as they
require peculiar culture
to bring them to per-
fection.

Aster, alpinus, . . Handsome grows low.

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57

MAY.

AUGUST.

BLUE.

Aconitum,

napellus,
Campanula,

persicifolia,

pumila,
carpdtica,

Catandnche ccerulea.

Cheirdnthus, incanus an-

Monk's-head.
V. Blue and white.

Peach-leaved, single and
double.

Dwarf.
Carpathian.

nuns.

Ccntatirea, cyanus,

Brompton stock, 10 weeks*
By sowing the seed of
stocks, and putting out
the plants at different
times, the bloom may be
continued until destroy-
ed by frosts.

Corn-bottle; large flower;
fine bright deep blue;
not in esteem with flo-
rists, but worthy of a
place in* the Mingledl
Flower-Garden*. •

3) 5

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MAY.

BLUE.

Delphinium,

grandiflorum,

eldtum,

azureum,

Gentidna,

sapondna,

AUGUST.

Larkspur.

Bee.

Azure.

Gentian.

Soap-wort.

septemfida, asclepiadea 7-cleft swallow- wort.

acaulis,

Geranium, palustris,

Hemerocdllis,

cerulea,

Iris,

cristdta,

sambucina,

German,

Gentianella; the last spe-
cies, planted at the edge
of a border, facing the
south, in a row of five
or six inches broad,
makes a superb appear-
ance.

Single and double.

Day-lily.

Blue flowered.

Crested.

Deep blue.

Pale blue, beautiful.

xiphium, xiphioides, Small and great bulbous-

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MAY. AUGUST.

BLUE.

Linum, ...» Flax.

Perennial

Dwarf. — Marked annual

in Mr. Donn's catalogue;

certainly continues more

than one year.

Lupinus, .... Lupine.

perennis, . Perennial, two kinds.

polemonium casruleum, . Greek valerian.

perenne
jmmila,

ThyUuma,

Bright deep blue.

orbiculdre,

Round-headed.

Scilla,

campanuldta,

Bell-flowered.

nutans,

Hare-bell.

Sophora austrdlis,

Blue-flowered.

Veronica,

prostrdta,

Trailing.

chameedry,

Germander.

incana,

Hoary.

spicdta,

Spiked.

gentianoides, , Gentian-leaved; pale blue,.

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MAY.

Vinca major,

AUGUST.
BLUE.

of a shade very uncom-
mon ; very good effect.
Periwinkle.
When the trailing branches
are cutoff the vinca major
with its varieties, will
grow in small bushes, and
is pretty ; in its natural
trailing state it is very
ornamental amongst rock
work.

YELLOW.

Allium moly,

Antirrhinum sj/artiwn,

Disagreeable, ■ — from its
strong onion smell; valu-
able as it supplies a shade
of deep yellow, late in
June.

Annual broom. — Grows
very low, and should
be sowed near the

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61

MAY.

Cdltha palustres,
Cheirdnthus cheiri,

Cistus helidnthemuni,
Coreopsis,

tenuifolia,
aiirea,
verticilldta,
Hemerocdllis,

JIava,
fulva,
Lilium,

Canadense,
bulbiferwn,
tigrinum,
Mnothera,

pumila,

AUGUST.
YELLOW.

edges of the borders ;
essential to the beauty of
mingled flower gardens,
from June to September.
Meadow bout, double.
Green-top, or yellow wall-
flower, double.

Dwarf.

Tick-seed sun-flower.

Slender-leaved.

Golden.

Whorl-leaved.

Day lily.

Yellow.

Copper-coloured.

Turk's cap.

Bulb-bearing.

Tiger-spotted.

Tree-primrose.

Dwarf; very low.

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MAY. AUGUST.

YELLOW.

JruticSsa,

Perennial.

Papdver,

Poppy.

Cdmhricum,

Welch; perennial.

Tulipa,

Dwarf; very pretty.

sylvestrisy

Single; flowers nodding;

blows early.

Gesneridna,

V. Double yellow.

Trbllius,

Globe.

Europaius,

European.

Asidticus,

Asiatic; colour of Asiati-

cus, peculiarly good ef-

fect.

Viola,

Pansie.

tricolor,

Varieties.

grandiflora,

lute'a, ,

Yellow.

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MAY. AUGUST.

WHITE.

Antirrhinum,
Anthcricum,

Ulidgo,
li lid strum,
Aetata ?~acem6sa,
Anemone,

dichotoma,
Bellis,

perennis,

Snap-dragon.

Grass-leaved.
Savoy spider- wort.
Branched.
Snow-drop leaved.
Two-forked.
Daisie.
Double, very pretty.
Campanula persicifolia, . Peach-leaved, single and

double.

pumila, .... Dwarf.

Cheirdnthus, .... Stock.

incdnus, . . . Brompton.

dnnuus, . . Ten- weeks.

Convalldria polt/gondtum, Solomon's seal, single and

double.

Dictdmnus, Fraxinella.

He'speris matronales, . . Rocket, double.

Iris, ..... Large.

.riph-oides, . . . Bulbous.

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MAY.

AUGUST.

WHITE.

Lilium,

Lily.

candidum,

White.

Narcissus,

poeticus,

Poet's; double.

Ornithogalum,

pyramidale.

Pyramidal.

Phlax,

suaveolens,

Sweet-scented.

Pancratium,

maritinum,

Sea.

Polygonum,

viviparum, .

Viviparous ; grows very

low, pretty.

Ranunculus,

aconiUfolius,

Mountain; double.

Saxifraga,

Double.

granuldta,

Grain-rooted; very orna-

mental before flowering

by the green patches of

the foliage amongst the

early spring flowers.

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MAY.

AUGUST.

WHITE.

Scilla,

campdnulata.

Bell-flowered.

nutans,

Hare-bell.

Stipa,

Feather grass.

penndta,

Soft.

Spiriea,

aruncus,

filipendula,

Drop- wort; double.

ulmdria,

Meadow - sweet ; double ;

the single kinds have

little beauty.

trifolidta,

Three-leaved.

Thalictrum,

aquilegifolium, . Colombine-leaved.
T&lijn, .... Tulip.

gesneridna, . V. Slightly streaked with
pink.
Veronica,

spkdta, . . . Spiked.

ptnndfa, . Pinnate; the prettiest of
the spiked veronicas.

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MAY. AUGUST.

WHITE.

Vinca, minor . , Periwinkle, with variegated

leaves, very pretty when
cut into bushes.

OBSERVATIONS.

Many flowers in the foregoing catalogue
continue in bloom from July to Octo-
ber; the herbaceous plants, which flower
in autumn, are generally large, some of
them extremely handsome, and, in ex-
tensive flower-gardens, produce a very
ornamental effect ; alcea rosea, holly-
hock, with all its beautiful varieties, many
species of perennial ash, the dahlias, £chi-
nops, sphaerocephalus, globe thistle, the
common sun-flower, and some other spe-
cies of helianthus, will not escape the
attention of the genuine Florist, if the
compass of her ground be large enough

68 THE florist's manual.

to admit of their introduction. For the
common-sized Mingled Flower-Garden,
from the beginning of August, the chief
dependence for gaiety must be upon an-
nuals, the hardy kinds of which are so
generally known, as to render unneces-
sary the enumeration of them in this
place. Carnations also may contribute
their share to the brilliancy of our
autumnal borders; but there are few
plants so ornamental, at that season, as
the double dwarf poppy, which displays
an endless variety of colour in the shades
of red, and also produces perfectly white
flowers, with the petals of a most deli-
cate texture ; the seed of these poppies
should be scattered all over the borders
and suffered to grow promiscuously, as
chance may direct, only taking out a
few of the plants, where they grow too

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thick. China-asters and marigolds may
be planted in the borders near the
patches of crocuses and snowdrops, the
leaves of which have disappeared. The
single and double colchicums are beau-
tiful, and give gaiety to our gardens at a
late season. The popular belief, that the
fruit, or seed of the colchicum, is pro-
duced previously to the flower, is wholly
unfounded, and, as the peculiarities in the
appearance of the fructification of this
plant generally excites the curiosity of
Florists, I venture to refer the ingeniously
inquisitive to " Physiological Sketches
of V egetable Life," page 160, plate XL
where they will find full information on
that interesting subject. The orchis mas-
cula, which from the rich purple of its
petals, and dark-spotted leaves, merits
a place amongst our cultivated flowers,

70 THE FLORIST S MANUAL.

is rarely seen in gardens, it being gene*
rally supposed that there is some peculiar
difficulty in removing the roots of this
curious tribe of plants from their native
situations of growth. I have in a former
work* hazarded the conjecture, that the
orchis, in removal, did not require dif-
ferent treatment from that necessary to
be given to all other bulbous plants under
the same circumstances; and I have since
confirmed the justness of this conjecture
by experiment. It is requisite that the
leaves of all bulbous plants should be
wholly decayed before their roots are
transplanted, as, until that change has
taken place, the process of growth in the
annual renewal of the bulb continues in
progress, and the growth of this new bulb

* See Physiological Sketches, &c, page 136.

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is checked by any injury which the leaves
or the old bulb may sustain ; nevertheless,
as it is frequently expedient to remove
bulbous plants while their leaves are
green, and, even during the time at which
they are in flower, this may be safely
effected, if done with proper precaution,
and also the root may be preserved in a
healthy state, although it will certainly
be weakened. All bulbs, if transplanted
while their leaves are in vigour, should
be removed with as much soil as will
adhere to the bulbs, and great care must
be taken not to cut or bruise the root, or
the root-fibres. When transplanted their
leaves should be carefully tied to a stick,
and suffered to remain until they
naturally fall from the plant; if bulbous
plants, during their state of vigorous foli-
age, are sent to a distance, they should

12 THE FLORIST'S MANUAL.

have the same attention given them, and
the soil should be closely pressed round
the bulbs, and their leaves nicely tied to-
gether, and the whole wrapped in sheet
lead, which, by keeping them from the
air, will prevent the evaporation of their
juices, and preserve them for a week or
ten days nearly as well as if they were
placed in soil for that period. As the
leaves of the common hardy kinds of
bulbs give an unneat appearance to gar-
dens, it is a general practice to cut them
off soon after their time of flowering is
over, and if this practice is pursued with
bulbs which have not been planted more
than one or two years, it will weaken
them so much as to prevent their flower-
ing vigorously, and probably destroy the
plant ; but wheD the ordinary kinds of
narcissus, crocuses, and snow-drops, have

THE FLORIST'S MANUAL. 73

continued long in the ground, and are in
large patches, their leaves may be cut off
when about half decayed, without ma-
terially injuring the appearance of the
bloom of the ensuing year. The leaves
of the more delicate kinds of bulbs must
be tied to thin sticks, and the want of
neatness occasioned by their withered
appearance, borne with, as cutting off the
leaves of jonquils, dog's tooth, violet,
scillas, hyacinths, &c, would be certain
destruction to their roots; and, if the
stem of the crown-imperial is not allowed
to decay on the bulb from whence it
sprang, that bulb will rarely produce
flowers. The same theory applies to her-
baceous plants, but, as from some par-
ticular circumstances, too long to be de-
tailed in this short work, they do not
apparently receive equal injury with the

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74 THE florist's manual.

bulbous tribe by being deprived of their
leaves, it is not necessary to treat further
on the subject than to suggest to the in-
telligent Florist carefully to preserve the
foliage of any delicate herbaceous plant
until it spontaneously decays.

M. E. J.

Some?°sal Hall.

N. B. The generic, specific, and English
names, are given after those of Mr.
Donn's catalogue, that useful publication
being in the hands of most Florists.

THE END.

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