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not u.->e the same means of communication ? 

 These, and other considerations, have determined 

 us to act as agents for any of our readers who 

 may desire to distribute seeds, plants, bulbs, &c, 

 whether gratuitously or In exchange for subjects 

 they may be in need of, and also to make known 

 the wants of any correspondents who arc unable 

 to obtain what they want through the ordinary 

 trade channels. Amateur cultivators will, we 

 believe, find it advantageous to exchange dupli- 

 cates, and surplus seedlings, and obtaiu in return 

 subjects of which they are in need. The con- 

 ditions under which we are disposed so to act 

 are these : — 1. That we incur no outlay, and re- 

 ceive no remuneration whatever. To conform 

 to this rule, correspondents applying for seeds or 

 plants offered, must enclose stamped and directed 

 envelopes, and an extra stamp for postage to the 

 donor. 2. Those having plants, seeds, 4c, to give 

 away, must send a list thereof, and state what 

 they wish for in exchange, or if they will distri- 

 bute them gratuitously. 3. Persons wanting 

 subjects that are not to be obtained in the ordi- 

 nary way, or which the dealers in their localities 

 cannot supply, must state on what terms they 

 desire to be supplied, whether in exchange for 

 something they think of equivalent value, or 

 without return of any kind. 4. The real name 

 and address must accompany all correspondence 

 on this subject, but the names will in no ease be 

 published without permission of the parties — 

 indeed, we shall make it a rule never to publish 

 names unless express permission be given. 5. 

 Those who apply first, will, in all cases, be first 

 served. 6. Communications on the subject to be 

 addressed, as usual, " Editor, Floral World, 5, 

 Paternoster-row, London, E.C." 



Indian' Seeds for. Distribution. — F. A. S. has 

 received a large parcel of seeds from India, and 

 " thinking it a pity not to share them with those 

 with whom they would he more certain to suc- 

 ceed, will present packets to any subscriber, who 

 will name what they require, and pay the 

 postage of the packets and letters. If her offer 

 is accepted, she hopes those who grow them will 

 save seed of any that prove tolerably hardy, and 

 send her a few seeds another season." To the 

 names we have attached short notes, and, where 

 necessary, synonymes, for the guidance of those 

 who may desire te make a selection. A note of 

 interrogation indicates that we are not acquainted 

 with the species as named. 



Creepers and Climbers. 

 Quisqualis glabra f stove). 

 Grcrtnera racemosa syn. Hiptage mandablota 



(stove). 

 Dolichos species (greenhouse and cool stove). 

 Ipomea species (greenhouse). 

 Ipomea rubra-cserulea (stove). 



,, polyanthes (stove). 

 Clitorea ternatea (stove). 

 Combretum grandiflora (warm greenhouse). 

 Convolvulus species (stove and greenhouse). 

 Centrostemma Braziliensis (stove) 

 Thunbergia species, from Burma (stove). 

 Abrus precatorious (stove). 

 Bignonia suberosa (stove). 

 „ multiguga? (stove). 

 „ indica. 



Various Stove and Greenhouse Seeds. 

 Terminalia catappa (stove evergreen). 

 Melia composita (stove evergreen). 

 Tamarindus Indica (stove evergreen) 

 Cycas sphcerica ? (stove herbaceous). 

 Tcctona grandis (stove evergreen tree). 

 Fatogonula sebestera syn. Cordia (stove ever- 

 green tree). 

 Xanthoxylon emarginatus? syn. Sapindus (stove). 

 Mimusops Eleugi (stove evergreeen). 

 Sterculia colorata (stove evergreen). 



Melia sempcrvirens (greenhouse evergreen). 

 Erythrina Indica (greenhouse deciduous). 

 Clerodendron natans (greenhouse and stove 



evergreen). 

 Crotalaria latifolia (stove) 

 Tephrosia Candida (stove evergreen). 

 Duranta Plumieii (stove evergreen). 

 Hibiscus Lindleyi (stove evergreen). 



„ sabdariffa? (greenhouse). 



,, syriacus (hardy deciduous). 

 Datura fastuosa (half hardy annual). 



„ species from South America (greenhouse 

 evergreen). 

 Canna Warszewiczii (stove herbaceous). 



,, flaccida (stove herbaceous). 

 Solandra var. flore pleno (stove evergreen). 

 Pitcairnia latifolia (stove herbaceous). 



Failure of Greenhouse Plants.— Li.— We are 

 really pained to hear of your misfortunes, and 

 from your account, hardly know what to advise, 

 but a few points occur to us as likely to be in- 

 volved in the causes of the disaster. First, equal 

 parts of rotted turves and dung is rather too 

 strong a compost for Fuchsias ; secondly, your 

 frequent use of liquid manure is still more likely 

 to cause the plants to turn yellow, and shed their 

 leaves. It is the easiest thing in the world, to 

 saturate a plant with manure, and its death is 

 quite likely to follow. Plethora and starvation 

 are very much alike in their results, just as burn- 

 ing and freezing are, and, from your account, 

 we should certainly not conclude that your 

 plants were starved. Did you use new, or at 

 least, clean pots ? Did you give sufficient root- 

 room, by shifts, as required '? Did you keep your 

 house sufficiently aired, and the air sufficiently 

 moist ? Did you grow the plants too fast in the 

 winter, when there was not enough light to give 

 substance to the wood? Did you keep up the 

 heat more at night than in the day time ? And, 

 lastly— Is the house heated with any abominable 

 apparatus, that generates poisonous fumes? To 

 answer these queries in your own mind will not 

 be five minutes' work, and the consideration of the 

 several points may lead you to discover for your- 

 self the sourco of your troubles. 



Renovating Flower-beds. — C. R. S., Cheaille.— 

 If the exhausted beds have a good bottom, we 

 advise removing the top spit, and replacing it 

 with a mixture of virgin earth from an upland 

 mixture, well chopped up with old chippy cow- 

 dung, and a good proportion of leaf-mould ; say, 

 if you can obtain the quantities, equal parts of 

 each of the three ingredients. But, as we know 

 nothing of what the beds now contain, we can 

 hardly advise with safety. If you can get the 

 beds empty this winter, the best way will be to 

 take off the top spit, and fork over the subsoil, 

 so as to let the frost and snow penetrate it : then 

 get a good supply of burnt clay, and hot-bed 

 dung, and chop them down together in a ridge, 

 and let them be we'l frozen, and fill up the beds 

 with the mixture early in March, and they will 

 be in admirable condition for planting as soon as 

 they have settled. Chippings of hedges, refuse 

 wood, straw, &c, built up over a hole, and 

 packed round with cakes of old turf, and then 

 burnt, make a capital dressing to dig into the old 

 soil if you cannot well get new material to re- 

 place the worn-out stuff. If used chiefly for 

 bedding-plants, a compost of leaf-mould, and 

 sandy soil from a common, equal parts, and one 

 fifth of the whole very old dung, would prove a 

 good mixture. Bedding-plants do not require a 

 rich soil so much as a new soil. 



Wintering Geraniums, etc., in Sheds. — 31. S. IP. 

 — Many an amateur has no better place than a 

 shed with top-light in which to winter such things 

 as geraniums, fuchsias, 4c, and, somehow, they 

 get through the difficulty. Severe frosts will 

 kill such things ; but while frosts last, the plants 



