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cleai" away all ■weakly growths, and leave two I 

 or three plump eyes to form a good head. They 1 

 will be none the better for having been covered j 

 with straw. Write again, if you want further 

 advice as the season advances. 



Names of Plaxts. — W. Clarke. — ^Ve cannot 

 take the trouble to name the thirty-four mosses 

 sent ; somebody would send us a field or a 

 forest next. Besides, yours are mounted in 

 such a way that they cannot be named, not even 

 trith the help of a microscope. It is quite out of 

 the question. 



LooiTEs's GARDEif Edgixg. — -S'. E. S. — We are 

 not aware whether Messrs. Loomes have agents. 

 Would it not be as well to write to them, and 

 ascertain the cost of carriage. Their address 

 is Whittlesea, Cambridgeshu-e. We know no- 

 thing respecting the sale of any invention figured 

 or described in this work. When we meet with 

 anything which seems likely to be useful to 

 amateurs, we give our opinion respecting it, 

 and the price, as far as we have information ; 

 beyond that, our readers must act for them- 

 selves. 



Back KrirBERS. — Jokn KnigM. — The Numbers 

 for 18.5S may all be had at id. each, or the 

 volume bound for 6». We send it by post at 

 the same price, paying the postage ourselves 

 on receipt of stamps to the amount, and name 

 and address plainly written. 



BiTTEE Aloes. — Various correspondents are in- 

 formed that we have not yet had an oppor- 

 tunity of testing the value of this, simply be- 

 cause we have been free from fly. If we do not 

 find occasion to try it in the ordinary waj', we 

 ■will steam a few cinerarias on purpose, and 

 report thereon. The case has evidently n'ot 

 been clearly stated hitherto. 



Cataiogijes and Books Eeceited. — "Seed List 

 of E. G. Henderson and Son, Wellington Nur- 

 sery, St. John's Wood, 1859." The most in- 

 teresting of all the catalogues of the season, 

 both for its general arrangement and contents, 

 and the graphic style in which the descriptive 

 notes are written. It contains a vast number 

 of novelties, for which this house is celebrated ; 

 among them Speiynla pilifera, the new substi- 

 tute for grass in the formation of lawns, a 

 hundred and twenty varieties of ornamental 

 and edible gourds, Tropseolum " Tom Thumb," 

 new verbenas, gloxinias, chrysanthemums, Bou- 

 vardias, dahlias, etc.; and, besides, copious 

 lists for the garden, greenhouse, and conser- 

 vatory. — " Seed L!st of Messrs. Hooper and 

 Co., Central Avenue, Covent Garden." A com- 

 prehensive directory for the plant-grower, ar- 

 ranged botanieally, with columns devoted to 

 the colours, heights, habits, etc. of every va- 

 riety of hardy and tender flowers ; to which are 

 added lists of vegetable seeds. The " Sardinian 

 Correspondent " suppUes Messrs. Hooper with 

 carnation and other choice flower-seeds, in which 

 they allege there never has been a monopoly by 

 any particular house. — " Seeds for the Kitchen 

 Garuen, Flower Garden, and Farm, 1S59. 

 Charles Turner, Slough." Not so compendious 

 as the two former lists, but contains every 

 thing ordinarily required in the kitchen and 

 flower-garden. Among the novelties are Dr. 

 Maclean's new peas, the Frogmore protecting 

 broccoli, scarlet gem melon, cottagers' kale (the 

 finest winter vegetable v;e have), Eoseberry 

 Brussels sprouts, new perennial spinach. Tur- 

 ner's favourite cucumber, and a large assort- 

 ment of German seeds ; and Betteridge's noted 

 asters, etc.—" Price List of Hoses, by Charles 

 Noble, the Nursery, Bagshot," includes all the 

 recent novelties, and the best of the old sorts at 

 very reasonable rates. 



Plant and Seed Exchanges. — 5^. S. S. can 

 spare plants from her collection in exchange 

 for others she washes to add to it. The plants 

 ofl'ered are strong and in good condition ; and 

 if the plants asked for in exchange are con- 

 sidered by the possessors of more value than 

 those offered for them, " S. S. S." will be willing 

 to give two or three additional ones. Variety 

 is sought, and the return woidd be in a liberal 

 spirit. Wanted— ^Eehmea fulgens, for ^chmea 

 niiniata discolor ; ^Esctiynanthus splendidus, for 

 yEschynanthusfulgens; yEthropodium denticu- 

 latum, for Burcholia capensis ; Begonia argy- 

 rostigma, for AHia coccinea ; Begonia Prestoui- 

 ensis, for Begonia Martiniana ; Begonia Saun- 

 dersiana, for Begonia nitida ; begonia parvi- 

 flora, for Begonia nitida coccinea ; Hoya car- 

 nosa, for Hoya iraperiaUs ; Hoya belia, for Hoya 

 fraterna ; Hoya carapariulata, for Passiflora 

 gontieri ; Eussellia juncea, for Eussellia sar- 

 nieutosa floribunda ; Plumbago rosea, for Mus- 

 SiPuda frondosa ; Canna Warscewiczi, for Ixora 

 alba ; Eondeletia Aumale, for Gordonia Java- 

 nica; Ehynchospernum jasminoides,' for Gre- 

 villea longifolia ; Stephanotis floribunda, for 

 Mimosa marginata, at Kew called Acacia mar- 

 ginata ; Thudienna coliminea, for Luculia gra- 

 tissima ; Thyrsacanthus rutdans, for Lisianthus 

 Eussellianus ; Torenia Asiatica, for Statice im- 

 bricata ; Tradescantia Zebrina, for Combretum 

 purpureum ; Vinca alba, for Vinca rosea ; Didy- 

 mocarpus biflorus, for Impatiens jerdonise ; 

 Eochea falcata, for Impatiens Hookeri ; Begonia 

 fuchsioides, for Begonia billeteri; — in all twenty- 

 four. 



Sulphate of Ahmonia. — E. Macdonald. — We 

 agree witli you that this valuable fertilizer is 

 not used as extensively as it deserves to be. 

 For green crops it is invaluable, as it causes a 

 rapid growth of the foliage of the plants to 

 which it is applied. We know nothing of it ex- 

 cept as a material for liquid manures in the pro- 

 portion of half an ounce to a gallon of water. 



Eight of Fence. — Cons:tant Suhscriher. — Yotirs 

 is a question for a solicitor. Gardeners gene- 

 rally decide who a fence belongs to by the way 

 the nails are driven. 



Cotton Geass. — G. A. — It is Eriophortun polys- 

 tachium. We cannot tell you where to get seed. 

 Try Messrs. Henderson, St. John's Wood. The 

 leaves belong to some species of Verbascum, of 

 which there are above a hundred known in 

 gardens. 



Dahlias. — Yorkshire. — We have entered such 

 few of the newest as we think generally useful. 

 There are dozens of others that we would not 

 cumber the garden with. 



WiEE-woRJi. — Torquay. — There must be a good 

 breeding ground where your manure came 

 from. You had better trust to picking them 

 out ; they are easily discovered. You may 

 trap them by burying potatoes in the heap ; 

 but each potat) should have a stick thrust 

 through it to enable you to draw them out and 

 destroy the worms that have penetrated them. 



Fenugreek. — R. G. — TrigoneUa fEenugrsecum is 

 an annual belonging to the trefoil section of 

 the LeguminifersB. It is cidtivated for its 

 seeds, which are used in cataplasms, and in 

 various ointments and plasters. The Eed 

 Dutch is the cabbage generally used for pick- 

 ling. There are others which are probably 

 identical, but sold under a diiferent name. You 

 can get good seed of any respectable dealer. 

 We cannot recommend any one in particular. 



Eabbits. — Subscriber. ^The following recipe is 

 from the Agricultural Gazette: — As much 

 thoroughly skimmed-milk as required, and mix 



