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On a Liquid for healing the Wound made by taking Cuttings off 

 Plants. — Allow me to propose a subject which your readers at large might 

 most beneficially exercise their minds on — the application of any matter, whe- 

 ther in the liquid, dry, or other forms, which would act, as it were, immediately 

 in healing the wound of a cutting ; for I believe it is a certain truth, that until 

 the callus be formed, or, in other words, the wound healed, no emission of roots 

 takes place; and the idea has often occurred to my mind, that a good chemist 

 may be able to suggest that which would most readily effect the object, and so 

 hasten the time of striking a cutting. He would also be thus discovering a cer- 

 tain means of working all plants which can be propagated by detached portions. 



February 25, 1841. X. Y. Z. 



On Tulip Judgment. — As the season for the inspection of the Tulip is again 

 fast approaching, I take the liberty of proposing the following query, through 

 the medium of your widely circulated Floricultural Cabinet, on the judgment of 

 the Tulip. My motive for troubling you on the subject is simply because the 

 very circumstance once happened at the Feltou exhibition ; and as it is possible 

 that such an occurrence may happen again, your opinion, or the opinion of any 

 of your experienced Correspondents, who may have been judges at any of the 

 exhibitions in the South, would exceedingly oblige me. 



The query is this : — A and B are competitors at the exhibition of Tulips, and 

 each exhibits a bloom of the same flower. A's is a beautiful Tulip, of fine form, 

 pure bottom, good cup, and perfect feathering. B's flower is equally good in 

 form, bottom, and cup, but the feathering round two petals is imperfect, the 

 ground colour running completely up, and dividing the feathering at the apex. 

 A's flower is candidly admitted by all the competitors themselves to be the best 

 flower in the room, but in brushing out the scattered pollen from the bottom of 

 the cup, A unfortunately breaks off' the half of one of the stamina, and in this 

 state the flowers are left for the decision of the judges. The judges enter the 

 room, and after their award is given it is found, on examination, that they have 

 rejected A's flower and preferred B's, with its imperfect feathering, which con- 

 sequently receives the prize. The question is — was this a just decision ? Some 

 have thought it was, and others the contrary; and this makes me desirous of 

 having the opinion of some respectable and experienced gentleman, through the 

 medium of the" Cabinet." 



Some of your readers, Mr. Editor, may perhaps think that this is of too trifling 

 importance to merit much attention ; but as it is only by attending to such 

 minutiae that a correct judgment of Florists' flowers can be attained, I trust that 

 you will give it your attention in a future number. 



By so doing, you will confer a great favour on 



Wm. Harrison. 



Felton Bridge End, February 17, 1841. 



P. S. — It must be understood that these two flowers were of a. favourite 

 variety, such as had often taken a prominent prize, and the only two of that sort 

 in the room. 



On heating a Greenhouse, &c. — I observe in the Number for February, 

 1841, some remarks upon building green-houses. You would oblige many of 

 your subscribers by giving a few hints on this subject from your own expe- 

 rience and observations, but most especially as to the best method of heating 

 small green-houses. I see many remarks upon stoves, both the Arnott stove and 

 Vesta stove, but we should be glad to learn your own opinion upon this point. 



If theie are any objections to heating a green-house with a stove, if so, what 

 are they ; and what is the best stove for a green-house 19 feet long by 16 broad. 



In the county Wcxfoid, Ireland, climate milder, but less hot sun and more 

 damp than Kngland; many plants doing well in the open borders dining winter 

 that will not do so in England. L. C. 



[We will give some remarks on the stoves, &c. in our next. We have not 

 tried the stoves mentioned, and so very opposite lmve been the opinions given 

 us, that we have been quite perplexed in the inuitcr. — Conductor.] 



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