THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 05 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



An Old Subscriber. — The plants mentioned would do very well, and would cost 

 from six to nine shillings per dozen, according to the sorts. Tliey should be 

 planted as quickly as possible. The answer to the second question is No. 



JE. O. H. — You cannot do anything to prevent the occurrence referred to. 

 The cause of the flowers not expanding is entirely due to the roots not being in 

 a healthy condition. In thinning the buds, leave the most prominent, and remove 

 the others. 



Night-scented Stock. — IE. T. O., M.D., Orosvenor Square. — Seed of the two 

 species mentioned by our correspondent is offered in the catalogues of Mr. B. 8. 

 Williams, Upper Holloway, Messrs. Barr and Sugden, 12, King Street, Covent 

 Garden, and several other metropolitan firms, therefore you ought not to experience 

 any difficulty in obtaining a supply. 



Veronica Candida. — John Cooper, Dresden, Staffordshire. — Seed is offered by 

 Mr. J. J. Marriott, Highfield Nm-series, Matlock, and it can, we believe, he obtained 

 of a few other nurserymen. Plants are plentiful in all good nurseries. Seed of 

 the other subjects named cannot, so far as we are aware, be purchased, but plants 

 can be obtained at a very low rate. The Veronica you mention is a different thing 

 altogether. 



F. K. — Many thanks for your communication. We regret not having room for 

 it this month. The following are four of the most suitable climbers for the position 

 mentioned : — Tacsonia Van Volxemi, Passiflora Imperatrice Eugenie, Cobea scandeus 

 variegata, and Kennedya coccinea, or Hoya carnosa. 



Early Forcing. — S. S. — In proportion to the heat should be the amount of 

 moisture, as also the circulation of air. We infer from your statement that the 

 atmospheric moisture is much deficient. Is there, however, any source of bottom- 

 heat which produces atmospheric moisture ? Roses, and, in fact, most shrubs 

 emerging from a state of partial torpidity or rest, are very averse to what is termed 

 dry heat. Our advice is to use as much atmospheric moisture in the afternoon, in 

 combination with a circulation of air, as will deposit dew on the leaves. A much 

 less amount may be used from daylight until noon. Plunge gesnerias in bottom- 

 heat, and treat them as achimenes. Use a little water, increasing it with increased 

 vigour. Your temperature is rather too low ; if sunshine occurs, run the glass up 

 to 75° or even 80°, provided there is a little motion in the air. A cold greenhouse 

 will suffice for camellias. 



Chrysanthemums. — B. J. — Cuttings are made from January to April, and for 

 some purposes as late as June or July. Those made in February and March usually 

 produce the finest plants, and of necessity they are then struck in heat, which must 

 be moderate, and the cuttings must be in full daylight. In stopping, the point of 

 the shoot is pinched out with the fingers ; but if a shoot takes the lead and goes 

 ahead of all the rest, it may be cut back two or three or more joints, and made a 

 cutting of. 



Primula Seed. — W. S. — It is time now to sow the first pinch of seed. The 

 surest way to proceed is to nearly fill the pans with manure that has been two years 

 rotted and then sifted. Sprinkle the seed upon the surface, and do not cover the 

 s^ed with soil, but lay over the pan a sheet of glass smeared with clay to render it 

 nearly opaque. If the soil becomes dry before the seed sprouts, put the pans in a 

 vessel containing one or two inches depth of water till the soil is quite moistened. A 

 warm house or hot-bed is the proper place for the seed-pans. As soon as the plants 

 appear, remove the glass, and soon as possible pot them off separately. 



Artillery Plant.— Miss Mary. — The plant is Pilea allitrichoides, or Pistol 

 plant. It is a native of the West Indies, and a very elegant and interesting subject 

 for stove and greenhouse culture. We have frequently used it to furnish indoor 

 cases, for which purpose it must be grown to a good size in pots, and be plunged in 

 the place it is to occupy, and it will continue to grow and bloom from May to 

 October in the temperature of a dwelling-room. The minute, fern-like leaves and 

 reddish pins' -head sort of blossoms, fit it well for association with fine-leaved plants. 

 It is named the Artillery or Pistol plant, because, when sprinkled with water on a 

 hot, sunny day, the flowers emit little puffs of pollen like discharges of smoke from 

 fire-arms. 



