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On Bi.oomino the Amaryllis. — I shall feel greatly obliged if yourself or 

 any of your correspondents will inform me which is the best way to flower the 

 Amaryllis tribe in pots. I obtained a few roots three or four years ago, and 

 they blossomed the first year, but not since, 



Wiltshire, February 20, 1841. A Subscriber. 



On Figures op Roses, &c.~May I take the liberty of suggesting to you, 

 as you have recently given some figures of Dahlias in your valuable work, that 

 some other flower seems now to have claims upon you ? I would suggest the 

 Rose, and particularly that you should from time to time give an outline en- 

 graving of such flowers as will best exemplify the distinctions of the Chinese, 

 bourbon, Provence, Macartney, Noisette, Ayrshire, &c. &c. classes, by a 

 description so minute as shalV enable youngsters like myself to discriminate 

 them at sight. A Youngster. 



On Culture ok Camellias in Rooms. — I shall feel very much obliged if you, 

 or some correspondent, will give me a few directions in your Floricultural 

 Cabinet as to the management of Camellias in windows, as I have neither 

 hothouse nor greenhouse, but am told they will do well, with a little management, 

 without. Please to name a few sorts that would suit me for the purpose. 



One of your old Subscribers. 



On Magnolia grandifi.ora. — On perusing your valuable periodical, the 

 Cabinet, and seeing there, amongst other very useful matter, numerous queries, 

 I take the liberty of proposing one relative to the culture of the Magnolia 

 grandiflora. I have one situated against a wall on a southern aspect, and which 

 I have kept covered during the winter, and though having now had it for more 

 than seven years, and having tried all the means I know of, it has not as yet 

 flowered, although being of the Exmouth variety. By having the goodness to 

 reply to the foregoing it will greatly oblige 



Kingston, April 3, 1841. W. M. B. 



On the Vesta Stove. — Probably some of the readers of your interesting 

 miscellany have tried the influence of the Vesta Stove (advertised on the cover) 

 to regulate the temperature of a greenhouse. I should be very much gratified to 

 hear how it has been found to answer, and whether in any respect better than 

 the Arnott stove. 



Lane End, High Wycombe. J. P- 



On Soils. — Having a small greenhouse in the suburbs of London, I have 

 been induced to attempt the cultivation of a few of the common sorts of plants 

 that thrive tolerably well near the Metropolis, but find much difficulty in pro- 

 curing heath, peat, or bog mould, in small quantities, say a barrow or two, at a 

 time The gardeners in the neighbourhood appear unwilling to part with any, 

 though a refusal is obviously against their interests, as they cannot expect 

 persona to buy plants without they have the means of supporting them in a 

 healthy state; the result is, they become sickly, and the young florist, from 

 repeated disappointment, gives up the amusement. 



The dealers in silver sand will do nothing that way, unless they fetch a cart- 

 load, at an expense of 25*. to 30s. 



.Can any of your correspondents assist me with information on this matter, or 

 Id it not answer for a few persons to deal in compost, also pure peat, bog, 

 loam, old dung, &c, all kept for a year or two, ready for use ? When they were 

 known, they might take orders at home, and go round once or twice a month 

 with their carts, and deliver what was required. I am satisfied, if properly 

 managed, it would pay them well. 



Pray think of some means to assist us gents, in a small way, and oblige 



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