THE FLORAL WOELD AND GAllDExN' GDIDE. 319 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Names of Plants.— .4. Z).— The plant from which the lon^r narrow^ leaf was 

 taken is not apalra, but a dracccmi. Its specific name is Draccsna incUvisa. The 

 two speciinHns of the heisrht mentioned, if well farni-ihei vvitli foliai^e nearly to 

 the rim of the pot, and in gooJ health, would be wortli in a nurserp^four or five 

 guineas, but it is not probable tliat yoa will be able to obtain that sum for them. We 



cannot name the other plant without flowers. Uamo. — No. 4 Dooclia candnta • 



5, Nephrolepi.s tuherota ; 6, Pteris cretica alho-Vmeata. We must have fertile 

 fronds of the other kinds sent before we can undertake to name them. 



Car.vations. — E. Sellars — For prices of carnations, picotges, etc., you had 

 better write to Mr. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, Wo avoid as far as possible 

 recoramendinor dealers, or naming prices. 



Violet, Coi.eus, etc. — Queemtown. — Sow the violet seeds at once in a pot or 

 pan, and keep in a frame or cool greenhouse, and plant out in spring. Any licrhfc 

 rich soil will suit them. The coleus are usually wintered in a cool stove the tem- 

 perature of which docs not go below 50° all the winter. A minimum of 4o' they 

 bear Tery well, but below that they lose their leaves, and bee ime comparatively 

 valueless. You had better keep the Clerodendron seeds until March, and then 

 sow in pnat. 



LiLiuMS, — Young Gardener will require for a set of nine for exhibition 

 Auratnm, Lancifolium rubrum, punctatum, album, macranthum, roseum, Japo- 

 nicum, scarlet martagon, eximeum. The following may he added, but cannot be 

 depended on to flower at the same time : — Longiflora, Urabellatum, double Tio-er. 



Keeping Bedding Plants. — Young Beginner would do well to throw the 

 bedding plants away. W^e c;m only suggest that if he wishes to keep them, he 

 must try his skill with them as window plants. We have no such plans of gardens 

 as are inquired after. 



Amelia. — Your plant is probably a Canna or Indian shot. 



Flora. — Bironne Hallez is a crimson rose of large size and fine quality. The 

 plant is a medium grower, and belongs to the section called Perpetual. 

 TFoodlanda, Eilghaftton — Your plant is Nerine sarniense. 



Watering Vine Bordeus Amateur Grape Grower. — It is difficult to say 



*' how often a vine border should be watered." In some places vine borders are 

 never watered, and m others they must be watered frequently, or the vines would 

 fail. Anyhow, the roots must be kept thoroughly moist from May to the end of 

 August ; and, during June and July, an occasional good soaking with liquid manure 

 will be sure todo them good. If there is any fly on them, give a tremendous soaokin"', 

 shut the house up, and next morning syringe them liberally, and let them have 

 plenty of air. 



Planting out Camellias. — F. S. — Camellias may be potted or planted out in 

 a cons.Tvatory border at any season, except when they are in bloom. When done 

 flowering, and when done growing, are the seasons usually chosen by gardeners. 

 As jours are poor -ind lanky, and the season is very far advanced, we advise you 

 to plant them out at once, and not to cut them at all. Next season, thin away the 

 buds if they make any, and prune them into shape, and keep them warm, shaded, 

 and moist, and you will g-t breaks to fill up the blanks. It is too late now to 

 obtain n^w growth, but if turned out, their roots will go to work in the new soil to 

 prepnre them for growth next season. 



Weedy Asparagus Beds. — A. S. — You can clean your beds of weeds at 

 once, which we should advise you to do ; but you must not remove the haulm 

 of the asparagus until it is ripe and turns yelloir, which will happen about the end 

 of October. 



CuLfUKE OF Shallots.— -S. F. — Yours are spoilt; they ought to have been 

 taken up when the tops died down in July. Shallots like good holding friable 

 loam, enriched with thoroughly rotten dung. This should be thrown up in ridges 

 early in the autumn, to give it an opportunity of becoming thorougiily pulverized 

 by the early frost. In February the soil should hi levelled down, and the shallots 

 planted in shallow drills, twelve inches apart, and about four or six inches apart in 

 the rows. The soil should be frequently stirred with the hoe, to keep down the 

 October. 



