144 THE GARDENER. [March i88i. 



be received by the 14th of the month, and written on one side of the paper 

 only. It is also requested that writers forward their name and address, not 

 for publication unless they wish it, but for the sake of that mutual confidence 

 which should exist between the Editor and those who address him. We 

 decline noticing any communication which is not accompanied with name and 

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E. L. S. — Berberis aquifolium, Daphne laureola, Common Laurel, Cotone- 

 aster micropbylla, Gaultheria shallon, Euonymus, Box, Ivy, Periwinkle, 

 Privet, Laurustinus. These will suit your purpose unless the shade be very 

 dense. 



J, RussEL. — Your question arrived too late for a reply in February, and we 

 wrote to you at the address you gave, but the letter was returned from dead- 

 letber office. Keep your grafts back in a cool place, and graft as you propose, 

 after the shoots have broken into leaf in the stock — not before, or the stocks 

 will bleed. Another method is " bottle-grafting," which is to put the end of 

 the scion or graft in a bottle of water and spHce it to the stock. If you have 

 young plants, the most perfect union is formed when green wood is spliced to 

 green wood. 



A. Y. S. — The best Odontoglossums for cut-flowers are 0. Alexandria, 0. 

 cirrosum, 0. pescatorei, O. nebulosum, 0. pulchellum. They thrive in a 

 temperature slightly above that of an ordinary greenhouse. 



Joseph Allan, Tasmania.— Y^'our specimens arrived all broken to pieces, 

 and we cannot recognise them. 



XoviCE.— Cut away entirely the last year's crop of fronds, and then the 

 young ones, now springing, will get more light and air and come away stronger. 

 Shift into larger pots as soon as the young fronds are a few inches high, but 

 do not disturb the roots over much. For soil, take loam and leaf-mould in 

 equal parts, with a little sand. 



T. W. S. — Populus Candicans, the grey or common white Poplar. Wil- 

 liam's book on Ferns will probably suit your purpose. 



F. F, — Get some common blotting-paper and put the fronds between the 

 leaves, allowing two leaves to be between each specimen. Then place the 

 paper between two strong pieces of smooth board and put some weight on 

 the top. Look at and turn the specimens every second day — and iron the 

 paper to dry it — until the specimens are dry and stiff. In order to preserve 

 the specimens get a herbarium book. 



G. R. — We cannot throw any light on the case of your Camellia if there 

 has not been any budding or grafting. 



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