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and the spikes are sure to rise and flower 

 satisfactorily." Any one may prove the 

 truth of this by turning out of its pot a 

 dumpy hyacinth and one we'll developed, 

 and comparing the respective conditions 

 of their roots. To get large leaves of 

 Earfugium, grow the plant in rich light 

 soil, in large pots, as advised at page 

 223 of the volume for 18'>'3, and if the 

 plant is crowded with growing crowns, 

 remove some of them by cutting them 

 out with the point of a penknife. With 

 many crowns to feed, and a poor soil to 

 grow in, it is impossible for the roots to 

 supply the leaves with sufficient nourish- 

 ment for their full development. 

 Your Aiums, which were plunged all 

 last year, ought to have been remove! 

 and placed in the greenhouse for the 

 ■winter. Probably they are all dead. If 

 they are not dead, the best way to deal 

 with them will be to place them on 

 a gentle hotbed, and when they begin 

 to grow rspot them. If j on cannot give 

 them a hotbed, place them in a war n 

 part of the greenhouse till they begin to 

 grow, and then repot them. Perhaps 

 your balcony may roast tin roots of 

 the potted evergreens in summer, bat 

 you can easily contrive some plan to 

 protect them, such as plunging the pots 

 in larger ones, or in tubs, with a layer 

 of cocoa-nut fibre, moss, or sawdust be- 

 tween. The " nobler six," as repre- 

 sented in this case, will only endure a 

 limited amount of satire, so mind how 

 you wind up your next letter. But do 

 not, on any account, hesitate to write, if 

 it is at all likelv the Floral World 

 can help you in your pursuits. 



Tree Onion. — In consequence of a notice of 

 this in " Profitable Gardening,'' frequent 

 inquiries are made of seedsmen for sup- 

 plies of bulbs, hy persons who wish to 

 cultivate it. We gave away the whole 

 of our own stock of it three years ago, 

 and have not grown it since. Messrs. 

 Hooper and Co., of Covent Garden, once 

 had it, but soon sold out their stock, and 

 are now without it. If this note is seen 

 hy any persons in possession of a stock 

 of this useful bulb, they are respectfully 

 Btlicited to sena as many as tuey can 

 conveuently spare to Mr Shirley Ilib- 

 herd, car' of Messrs. Groombiidge and 

 Son*, 5, Paternoster-row, Lon Ion, E.G. 

 Should any bulbs come to hand they 

 shall be planted, with a view to get up 

 another stock for distribution, 



Hose Grafting. — R.W.C. — The only 

 advice ir. seems needful to give, is this, 

 that grafting lvses is not good practice ; 

 they seldom make such nice trees as 



those biiddel. Directions for grafting 

 and budding will be foil id in the '' Rose 

 Book." Rosa Bulphures will never 

 bloom till aged, therefore you must wait. 



Roses from Sekd.— J. IV. B., Phibs~ 

 borough. Your letter, dated J muary 24, 

 arrived on the 26ch, on which date the 

 Floral World was being printed, to 

 be ready for the trade on the 28th. 

 Hence it could not be answered in the 

 February number. Rose seeds are 

 usually pitted in sand during the time 

 intervening bstween gathering and sow- 

 ing, and the process of pitting certainly 

 favours the vegetating of the seed when 

 sown. The best time to sow is early in 

 March. Bruise the hips carefully, and 

 rub out the see la. Sow those seeds one 

 inch d'ep in boxes or large pans, filled 

 with rich light soil, and place the boxes 

 in any out-of the- way pi >ce, where the 

 sun will shine upon them a few hours 

 daily- If sown in pans plunge the pans 

 to the rim in an east or west border. 

 About May some plants will appear, 

 lift these out by n,eans of a pointed 

 stick, and pot them separately in four- 

 inch pots, in rich soil ; shift to six-inch 

 pots when necessary, and keep them 

 under frame culture till the next spring, 

 then plant them out in rich soil to grow 

 as they please, and flower in their own 

 way. The reason you are advised to lift 

 the seedling plants out and pot them, is 

 because the ra ijo.ity of the seeds will 

 not germinate till after they have been 

 sown twelve months. Therefore they 

 must be left undisturbed. 



Grafting Ivies. — A. B. — This is the best 

 time to graft ivies, though they may, 

 needful, be graced in autumn. The best 

 way is by saddle grafting, as hollies and 

 rhododendrons are done. Ths stocks 

 ought to he strong and well established 

 in the ground, or in pots; and in pots 

 v.'i.l he preferable. Wlien the grafts are 

 pu on, a good bast binding will be suf- 

 ficient, but there will be no harm in 

 adding clay or wax for extra safety. 

 The grafted plants should then be placed 

 in a cold frame, an i have an occasional 

 sprinkling over the tops for six or eight 

 weeks, in Selecting grafts choose, if 

 possible, plump, ripe wood of the pre- 

 vious season, and let the grafts be small. 

 In selecting the wood of fruiting forms 

 of ivy, you cannot mistake if you select 

 the points of snoots on which thore are 

 no remains of fruit, as these are sure to 

 be last year's shocts. Hedera canaden- 

 sis is a first rate stock, but H. Regueriana 

 may be used. 



Jasminum wudiforum. — Erith. — When 



