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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



neighbourhood, and if so, what aspect l 

 and soil will suit it? Shall I keep my 

 plant in the gcreenhouse, and how shall 

 I throw it into bloom?— .5. P., Bath. \ 

 [We really do not know whether it will , 

 live outof'doors at Bath. We have planted 

 it out thre ^ times in an experimental peat- 

 bed at Sto.'ce Newington, and each time 

 lost it in February or March. But it is 

 so nearly hardy that we really think it 

 would grow vigorously, and survi've the 

 severest winter in the climate of Bath. 

 But we do not advise you to put out 

 your one plant; no, keep that in the 

 greenhouse, shift to larger and larger 

 pots as required, and loait patiently till 

 it blooms, which it will do when old 

 enough. When in bloom it is a beautiful 

 object. If planted out of doors it should 

 be in gritty peat, and in a damp and 

 shady situation. The dry east winds of 

 March always tried our experimental 

 plants much more than the damp, which 

 at this time of year is fatal to so many 

 other subjects,] 

 Impbessions or Leaves. — S. II. Whitwell. 

 — Take a piece of planed deal board and 

 cover it with wash-leather; then prociu-e 

 a wooden roller, six or eight inches long, 

 such as linendrapers use for rolling silk 

 upon, and cover that also with wash- 

 leiithcr ; then a box of printing-ink 

 and a " dabber " will complete the 

 apparatus. A soft india-rubber ball may 

 be used for the dabber, or one may be 

 manufactui-ed of leather with a handle. 

 Place the leaf to be copied upon a clean 

 card or sheel of paper, with the veined 

 side uppermost ; dab a little of the ink 

 ovit 0:1 a smooth slate, and then apply it 

 evenly over the veinings and edges of 

 the leaf; place a sheet of damp paper 

 upon the printing-board and lay the leaf 

 upon it with the prepared side down- 

 wards; cover with a sheet of blotting- 

 paper anc! press the roller backwai'ds 

 and forwards upon it. The result will be 

 a correct re^iresentation, and you will be 

 able to use the same leaf for several 

 impressions. 

 Vakiou.s. — R. E. — Du Breuil is right, and 

 your interpretation is rights and the 

 fruit spurs in front will ripen perfectly 

 if they are secured early in the season. 

 We have followed that system of prun- 

 ing and training for fitteen years, and 

 never found any objection to it through 

 the non -ripening of the spurs; in fact, 

 they ripen better than if tied in. We 

 doubt if Mr. Wardle lias any existence; 

 the translation ;^is a good one, and the 

 translator need not have resorted to 

 what appears to us a mere trick. — Rota. 



— Wait till April, and then have the 

 )ilants in pots. Keep them a week in a 

 frame after receiving them, and then 

 plant. — A. B. — No risk at all in moving 

 apple trees in November with their 

 leaves on. The Doctor says there is, and 

 there we differ. We have moved entire 

 plantations of pears and apples in the 

 middle of November, when they were 

 full of fresh green leaves, and we always 

 thought them the better for it. Certainly 

 they bore well the next season. Of 

 course it would not do to let them lay 

 about, as some people do, with the atmo- 

 sphere exhausting tlieir roots. — A. S. F. 

 — In the Floral Woeld of May and 

 July, 1858, and January, 1862, are full 

 instructions on the preparation of anato- 

 mized loaves. We saw nothing at the 

 Exhibition of a novel kind in this w.ay. 

 — Prior. — Thanks for many favours. 

 Undoubtedly the rose described at p. 237 

 as " Madame Eugene Yerdier " should 

 be Mademoiselle Ewjenie Terdier, and we 

 shall be obliged if our readers will cor- 

 rect their copies. Such an error as this, 

 though obvious when seen by its viola- 

 lation of gender, m.iy easily pass in 

 reading the proof if the printer has 

 misread the original pothooks. We be- 

 gin to fear we shall never attain perfec- 

 tion. Due de Cazes and others we shall 

 have somewhat to say about hereafter. 

 We have not yet gone through our list 

 of roses. W^e happen to be cutting 

 blooms of teas now every day, in spite 

 of the frost, and without the aid of heat. 

 — J. JF.—B, Yorkshire Greening, F, 

 Blenheim Orange, H, Gaff, I, Franklin's 

 Golden Pippin, J, Fearn's Pippin, L' 

 Bishop's Thumb. Many of the other^ 

 are local varieties of cider apples, which 

 have never been described or registered. 

 Late Lettees. — T. E. P. — We do not 

 know what has become of Mr, West. 

 The plant is a Solanum, but we cannot 

 say which from a leaf. For papers on 

 striking rose-cuttings see Floral 

 Woeld, 1860, p. 153.— T. 5.— The 

 Coleus may do with you in a hot season, 

 but we do not promise success. — //'. R. 

 ^The apple trees have lost their surface 

 roots by cropping under them, quite a 

 common occurrence. Plant a few apple 

 bushes at once in a quarter by them- 

 selves. We do not undertake to plant 

 beds, but we will suggest a collection of 

 large leaved Berberis for centre, small 

 leaved Berberis outside, and outside ring 

 of Cramoisie roses. Or selection of 

 Hollies, Griselinia, Cotoneaster, and Ber- 

 beris Darwinii, and outside circle of 

 General Jacqueminot roses. 



