96 THE GARDENER. [Feb. 1873. 



T. M. P. — The variegation in Finns Douglassii is qnite common in many- 

 places. It is very pretty, and from our experience of it we think it will 

 retain the creamy colour in the growing season, 



Notts. — You will see that your suggestion is being carried out. "We have 

 made arrangements that embrace winter-flowering Orchids and other winter- 

 flowering stove-plants. 



Peter. — No. "We do not hold out any promise in the direction you refer to. 

 We are alone in giving 48 pages, all original matter, for 6d. 



R. P. — Yes ; Marechal Niel is perfectly hardy in Dumfriesshire, and blooms 

 well. 



^Ir Y. — Yours is a matter for private arrangement, not for public discussion. 

 We cannot aff'ord s])ace for such a trifle. 



Dan any of the numerous readers of the ' Gardener' give me the most effectual 

 means of destroying Ants from the place here. Our houses, at work, are 

 swarming with them. I tried the guano-water, and poisoning of Peaches with 

 arsenic. They seem to have an instinct of their own, for I found the arsenic 

 untouched. I have tried everything I can possibly think of without success. 

 Our houses are all connected to one boiler, the pipes passing up flues. The Ants 

 passing up these flues, make it a very difficult matter to get them collected 

 together.— W. C. 



A. L. — Your request is anticipated, as a series of papers on the Peach will 

 begin in March. 



H. C. G.— Next month. 



R. v., Shorley Bridge, — Pansies can be safely planted up to April, but if too 

 late in planting, they are apt to go ofi" when hot weather sets in. The following 

 twenty-four show varieties will answer your purpose well, viz. : — Selfs.—'Lxina,, 

 Mrs Horsburgh, Alex, Macuab, Count Bismarck, Eclat, George Keith, T. L, 

 Fleming, Snowdrop. Yellow Grounds. — Ebor, William Young, George Ford, 

 Thomas H. Douglas, John Currie, Comus, George Wilson, George Muirhead, 

 White Grounds. — Miss Adamson, Tom White, Jessie Lah'd, Lavinia, Princess 

 of Wales, Clara, Jane Wilson, Edina. 



J, BiRRELL, Lancaster, — The following are really twelve first-rate. All 

 or any of them will do well for competition purposes. Arabella Improved, 

 Nabob, Eossini, Inimitable, Hogart, Noblesse, AVarrior, Beauty of Kent, Crown 

 Prince of Prussia, Maid of Honour, Ringleader, Lizzy Haxam. 





