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Lilium Bed. — An Amateur. — The subject shall have attention in our next 

 number. Lilium auratum is perfectly hardy, but it should be planted rather d._ep. 



Cyclamens. — J H., Ireland. — The young plants should be potted off singly at 

 once. Put them in three-inch pots, and use a compost consisting of turfy loam 

 three parts, leaf-mould one part, manure uecayed to a powder half a part, and 

 silver sand about a third of a part. When shifted into larger pots use a rather 

 smaller proportion of sand. After they are potted off place them in a genial growing 

 temperature of about 60° for a few weeks if available, otherwise place them in the 

 warmest part of the greenhouse. 



Mandevillea suaveolens. — A. B. S., Torquay — The portion of the plant 

 exposed will very probably survive the winter without suffering material injury, if 

 the winter is not severe. It is worth a trial, unless you require the branches outside 

 for covering any portion of the wall space inside. 



Prices of Pitcher Plants. — H. J. will be much obliged if the Editor of the 

 Floral Would will give him the prices of a few of the best Nepenthes, or Pitcher 

 Plants ; also what the price of a packet of seed would be. [The prices at which Ne- 

 penthes are offered by Messrs. Veitch and irions, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, who 

 have the finest trade collection in this country, are as follows : N. distillatoria, 

 10s. 6d. ; N. Dominiana, 42s.; N. gracilis major, 10s. 6d. ; N. Hookeri, 105s. ; 

 N. hybrida maculata, 31s. 6d. ; K. Icevis, 5s.; N. Rafflesiana, 10s. 6d. ; N. 

 rubra 21s. • N. Sedeni, 21s. The last was figured in the Flokal World for 

 October 1870, and is the most beautiful of all the small growing kinds. All the 

 above are remarkably good ; Rafflesiana being the most showy, but it is a rather 

 strono- grower, and requires a considerable amount of space for its development, in 

 comparison with the others, but it can be grown in a house of a moderate size. 

 Seed cannot so far as we are aware, be obtained in the ordinary course of trade. 



Names of Ferns. — 8- J., Clifton Park.— Athyrium filix-fcemina, var. corym- 



biferum. A Nezv Subscriber, Prestwich. — N. 1. Scolopendrium vulgare ; 2, 



Polypodium vulgare. 



Climbing Roses.— Dorchester. — To produce an immediate effect, you should 

 plant eight roses and put them at an equal distance apart. As you prefer yellow 

 and dark flowers you cannot do better than to plant the following, all of which are 

 free-growing and free-flowering — Red Rover, Glory of Waltham, Prince Leopold, 

 Oloire de Ducher, Maalle. Annie Wood, Oloire de Dijon, Marechal Neil, and 

 Jane Hardy. There are several roses the names of which begin with " Souvenir." 

 The cause of the leaves falling prematurely is due to some local cause. 



Sea Buckthorn. — Rev. T. B. T., Launceston — The Sea Buckthorn, Hippo- 

 phcea rhamnoides, is grown in all good nurseries, and could certainly be obtained by 

 applying to Messrs. Veitch and Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. 



Zonal Pelargoniums. — A. J. Wifmnt, Rose Cottage, Devon. — The flowers of 

 Zonal Pelargoniums are never fit for criticism after passing through the post ; and 

 -we never give an opinion upon them. It is impossible to form a just estimate of the 

 merits of a variety without seeing the growing plant. 



Rats and Moles in Garden.— S. Y. W— Carbonate of baryta mixed with 

 oatmeal is the best poison for rats and mice. There is no remedy for moles but 

 trapping. To catch moles is a question of skill only. 



Taunton Deane Show.— The ferns exhibited by Mr. Silver at the Taunton 

 Horticultural Exhibition, to which allusion was made in the September number, 

 were shown in the great class confined to exhibitors resident in the di-trict ; the 

 first prize in the open class being taken by Mr. Taylor, whose sumptuous specimens 

 will not soon be forgotten by those who had the opportunity of seeing them. 



Fumigating Greenhouse.— Subscriber. — The tobacco smoke will cause the 

 flowers to fall much earlier than they otherwise would do, but if the house is fumi- 

 gated with care, it will not injure the leaves of the most delicate plants. The main 

 points in fumigating a greenhouse are to have the foliage of the plants perfectly dry, 

 and the fumigating material just moist enough to insure its burning steadily, but 

 not wet enough to generate steam instead of smoke. When the mat, rial is dry, it 

 hums too rapidly, and the smoke given off is so hot that it scorches the leaves. 

 When, on the other hand, it is too moist, steam is generated, and is ineffectual. It 

 is also' important to prevent a flame bursting out, for if allowed to bu.st out, and 

 continue for any length of time, every plant in the house will be more or less 

 injured. To prevent the material flaring it is necessary to stir it occasionally, and 



