222 THE FLOEAL WOELD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



each side of the saloon, and filled alike. Instead of roses and callas, as in the case 

 of the larger vase, these had a borderiuo; of crimson Pelargoniums and Stepha- 

 notis. The centres of the vases were filled with a li^lit mixture of red and wbite 

 Rliodanthes, Callas, spikes of the green Ixia, and fronds of the Maidenhair fern, 

 and round the outside was a fringe uf ihe fronds of Pteris cretica albo-lineata, with 

 a few sprays of the Lygodium drooping over tlie figures that support the vase. 



Two New Hybkiu Sakbvcenias have been recently introduced to public 

 notice, and from their novelty, as well as for their beauty, have excited a con- 

 siderable degree of interest. The first of these was raised at Glasnevin, by Dr. 

 Moore, who exliibited it at the International Exhibition held at Florence, under 

 the name of Sarracenia Moorei ; and the other has been raided by Mr. Stsvens, 

 of Trentham, and exhibited at the principal metropolitan exhibitions by Messrs. 

 J. Veitch and Sons, under the name of Sarracenia Sievensi. 



Examples of the Doukle-flowering Cinebauias, to which Mr. Oubridge 

 directed attention in the Floral Would for March last, were exhibited at a recent 

 meeting held at South Kensington. The plants are dwarf and compact in growth, 

 the flowers large and double, and the colours exceedingly rich and attractive. 

 The doubleness of the flowers is produced by the dense manner in which the florets 

 are arranged round the disc, and, although quite hidden, the disc is present pre- 

 cisely the same as in the single flowers, and there can be no question as to these 

 flowers seeding freely. They are of greater value for decorative purpose?, and for 

 supplying cut flowers, than has been anticipated. The shades of blue, crimson, 

 mnu'enta, and rose are the most efl'ecLive, and the tipped flowers the least so. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



DwA:pF AprLB Trees. — C. H. C. — The best course will be to procure stunted 

 trees on the Paradise stock in the aututna, and put them in as small a pot as 

 possible. 



A Subscriber. — .The Soldanella possibly requires a lighter position than the one 

 it now occupies. To induce the E. Eucharis to flower, keep it i-ather drier than 

 usual for a period of six weeks or so, and then plunge the plant into a brisk bottom 

 heat, and increase the water supply again. 



X, Chatham. — The plant is the large-flowered Bitter Cress Cardamine amara. 



Shrubs. — Inquirer. — Head down the shrubs you speak of in spring ; but if 

 you wish to increase them by layers and cuttings, you must take ofi" what branches 

 you require for cuttings, and put them in this autumn. October is a very good time 

 for putting in tlie cuttings, and for layering. 



Liquid Manure. S. S. — Peruvian guano mixed with water at the rate of 1 lb. 



to thirty gallons, and a quarter of a peck of soot added thereto, makes a capital 

 liquid manure for almost any kind of plants. Let it settle before using. Whether 

 in the shape of liquid manure or not, always use soft water when obtainable ; but 

 if you are compelled to use spring or pump water, let it stand exposed to the air 

 some time previous to using to become somewhat softened. 

 Commelina. — Tour plant appears to be Iris foelidissima. 



MoQUET Flowers. — A. H. G. asks what they are, and we ask for help to 

 answer the question. They should be imitation flowers of some sort or other, but 

 the term probably implies ^more than the literal translation of " moquct " to mock, 

 and appears to want explaining. 



Eed Spider in Orchard House. — Old Subscriber. — We are not in the least 

 surprised at this pest getting the upper hand of you. It has been next to impos- 

 sible to keep pot-trees properly moist at the roots lately ; for no sooner are the 

 trees watered than they are dry ag.iin. So long as you let the trees sufi'er for 

 •want of water at the roots, so long will you be troubled with red-spider. Syringe 

 the trees thoroughly twice a day with pure water. Too much water at the roots 

 ■will cause the stones to split. 



T. C, Sivansea. — The various kinds of gourds are named capriciously, not 

 scientifically, so that what would be called a pumpkin by one might be called a 



