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steiaa aud foliaga ; their leaves are smaller than 

 the leaves of Bourbons or Perpetuals, and they 

 bloom in separate eilbrts, very abundantly at 

 each effort, and are strictly autumnal. There | 

 are other points ofdilierenoe, vrhich it would bs ; 

 idle to describe except in a regular treatise. 

 Hepattcas, Beddix& Verbenas. — Thorahtiyy. — | 

 The best way to manage the hepaticas so as to | 

 get them sorted into colour.-:, depends on how ' 

 they have been treated. From the time they 

 ceased floweriuar, they ou^ht to be in very 

 tine, sandy soil, enriched with plenty of fine 

 mulch from an old dun^ bed, to make their j 

 growth for next season. Then left alone till I 

 they begin to show bloom buds early the ne.x.t 

 year, when alltiie old leaves may be cut otf, and , 

 the plants potted into shallow geed-p;ins to 

 bloom in the greenhouse ; such as are wanted i 

 for ribbon-worli and systematic plantm? to be i 

 allowed to show their colour, and to be care- 

 fully moved immediately to the places they are 

 to decorate. This plan ensures exactitude as to 

 colours, and, if properly performed, in no way i 

 interleres with the blooming, or afterijrowth of ' 

 the plants. When crocuses get mixed they may 

 be served in the same way, lor they move with 

 as complete balls as chrysanthemums. The 

 best pairs of cheap verbenas of each of the 

 colours you name are — Scarlet, Miss Trotter and 

 Mrs. VVoodroffe. Blue — Blue Bonnet, "Won- 

 derful. Purple — Purple King, Leviathan. Lilac 

 —Lady Bird, Kitty Tyrrell. P(*i/; — Bonnie 

 Dundee (3s. 6d., E. Henderson and Son), Lady 

 Havelock. The following are also of great value 

 as bedders : — Geant des Battailles, crimson ; 

 Brilliant de Vaise, crimson ; Andre, bluish pur- 

 ple ; St. Mar;?aret's, rosy scarlet; Imperatriee 

 Elizabeth, fancy striped, and our old scarlet 

 friend. Defiance. 

 Hardy Ferns.— B. T. — The following are among 

 the most useful for garden culture: — Polypodium 

 vulgaris, Lastrea fills mas, L. oreopteris, L. cris- 

 tata, and L. Goldieana, Cyst^jpteris fragiUs, 

 Athyrium filix foemina, Polystichium aeulealum, 

 Seolopendium vulgare, Osmunda regalis, Blech- 

 num spicant, Oualea sensitiva, Pteris aqui- 

 Jina. The best way to secure a proper assort- 

 ment would be to ■n-rite to Mr Sim, of Foot-;- 

 cray, Kent, and tell him the extent and aspect of 

 the ground to be planted, and say whether it is 

 beside water, or elevated rockwork, or what ex- 

 tentof each, etc., and leave the rest to him. Ton 

 would thus obtain variety and sorts just suited 

 to the spot. The only list of ferns lor various 

 aspects, with heights, soil, and cultural treat- 

 ment, is that given in " Rustic Adornments for 

 Homes of Taste," second edition, pages i.31 to 

 •K3t. It was prepared with great care, and the 

 result of many years' observation by the author. 

 It would be an infringement of copyright for us 

 to reproduce it in the Floral World. 

 Greenhouse Plants in Autumn. — Amatei:,-. — 

 The best plants to make your "greenhouse gay 

 during the next few months" are scarlet Sal- 

 vias, double Petunias, and especially the bcaii- 

 tifid Imperialis, which is splendid when st irved 

 in pots ; Senecios, Crassulas, Abronias, Ge-- 

 nerias, Statiee Halfordii, Brugmansias, Erici 

 pulehella. Geranium Cerise and Commander, 

 Asters, Balsams, Clintonia pulcheUa, and any 

 showy annuals that were sown in June. Later 

 in the season, pompoue Chrysantbemums wdl 

 come in, and make the stages very gay. In the 

 Garden Oracle for 1859 is a list of greenhouse 

 plants blooming every day in the year, to which 

 every p )sse3.?or of a greenhouse should refer ; 

 if only half a dozen were selected from the 365 

 named, the list will have served its purpose, 

 and it is the best Ust of the kind in existence. 

 Bee Keepino. — Young Sub., Frame.— Your two 

 queries would demand the space of a number 

 to answer them in full. In beginning bee- 



keeping, buy new swarms of the season, if you 

 can get them ; if not, get strong stocks in de- 

 priving hives. The two best amateur's hives 

 are Tegetmeier's Bar Slide Hive, and Teget- 

 meiers Glass Observatory Hive. None are so 

 easily managed, or so well adapted to the work 

 of the honey-bee. Procure the fifth edition of 

 Taylor's " iiee Keeper's Manual," and master 

 its contents ; and if you come to Loudon this 

 season, procure a ticket of admission to the 

 Apiarian Society's Exhibition at Muswell Hill, 

 where you vrill meet with those w ho will explain 

 and atlvise without any cost to you beyond 

 thanks. In regard to " keeping up a regular 

 supply of garden aud window flowei'S," the 

 Floral World is mainly devoted to that very 

 subject, and, as it would cost but a few shillings 

 for you to procure all the back numbers, that is 

 the best advice we can give you, for the querj' 

 cannot be answered in a lew words. 

 Books Received. — Prospectus of " Recreative 

 Science, a Record and Remembrancer of Intel- 

 lectual Observation." If well conducted, this 

 work will be most successful, for the young 

 student is utterly unrepresented in our existing 

 p.n-iodical literature, nor is there any trust- 

 worthy record of scientific progress adapted for 

 populir reading. We look forward to the ap- 

 pearance of the first number of this work with 

 j)leasurable anxiety, the whole circle of the 

 sciences lies open for popular treatment by 

 writers of ability in the several departments, 

 and in these days of telegraphs, steam-engines, 

 and pbotographie curiosities, science is invested 

 with a poetry of its own, which delights the ima- 

 gination and the fancy as powerfully as its truths 

 lay hold upon the mind. We particularly note 

 that Natural History and Botany will be pro- 

 minent features. 

 Dryins Heaihs. — Xo signature. — Get some new 

 blotting paper, and a couple of deal boards, 

 eighteen inches square. Lay out the specimens 

 as fiat as possible, and cut away side branches 

 that are in the way. Place between blotting- 

 paper with a board above and beliw, and put 

 ou a moderate weight. At the end of twelve 

 hours, shift the specimens into ot.ier sheets of 

 blotting-paper, made dry and warm by holding 

 them before the fire, and continue to change 

 iu the same way till the specimens are dry. 

 Plants dried quickli/ between thick folds of 

 warm blotting-paper, changed every few hours, 

 keep their colour most perfectly ; but the 

 slower the process, the greater is the proba- 

 bility that the colour will be lo.st. Blue flowers 

 are the most likely to deteriorate : they usually 

 change to a dirty white. Ou the contrary, 

 yellows hold in all their original brightness. 

 Flowering Shrubs, Fuchsias. — Snbscriber, 

 Wisbeaok. — We will give you a list of flowering 

 sbrubs next uionth, meanwhile, look to back 

 numbers, and you will find many advices on the 

 subject, as also on the culture of Fuchsias. 

 Fuchsias like leaf mould, and very old dung, of 

 which the compost for them should consist of 

 at least one-third part. If liberally supplied 

 with water, and with nioierate pot-room, 

 fuchsias never throw off their flower-bucls. 

 Hkebaceotts Plants.— We refer H. iV. to the 

 "Floral World" for Mav, June, and Julv, 

 18.59. 

 Various. — Stibsariher. — There is no golden rule 

 to protect asters from the attacks of slugs. 

 Trap and destro)'^ the vermin. Asters are safer 

 iu pots till grown to good size, when slugs are 

 not so voracious in eating them. — J. W.-The 

 liquid manure you name is the best that can be 

 used, and the amount of dilution necessary 

 depends on its strength. We have a lnrge 

 zinc can kept near the house, in a recess out of 

 sight, so tliat the servants shall have no excuse 

 for wasting what we consider i>recious. Every 



