MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 19 



PART 111. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



A Subscriber would be much obliged by receiving answers to tbe follow- 

 ing questions: 



1 . Can any tbing be done to prevent the flower buds W Camellias from 

 dropping oil' ? great attention has been paid with regard to air, soil, and 

 watering. 



(See excellent articles in former Numbers of the Cabinet on Camellias.) 



2. Can heath cuttings be struck in a greenhouse; if so, when is the best 

 time and manner of raising them t 



(An article will be given next month upon it.) 

 What is the best remedy for grass that abounds with moss ? 



fSprinkle fresh slacked lime liberally over it, and let it be brushed in 

 with a besom, and the moss will be destroyed whilst the grass will be en- 

 couraged . — Cond uctor. ) 



Dec. 6th, 1838. H. 



A List of self-coloured Auriculas. — Will the Editor or some Reader 

 of the Cabinet have the kindness to give me a list of the names, and any par« 

 ticular properties of some of the best self-coloured Auriculas. 



Audate. 



REMARKS . 



Corbett's Hr/GROTHERMANic Apparatus. — A printed prospectus of this 

 mode of heating has recently been inserted in our Advertising Sheet. It 

 differs from all the various modes hitherto made public of heating by hot 

 water, in circulating the fluid in open gutters instead of pipes. Hence it can 

 only be applied in cases where the gutters can be conducted on a level ; but 

 the water may easily be carried over a door t< on a siphon principle, or under 

 it, on the principle of water always finding its level. The advantages of 

 this mode, Mr. Corbett says, are cheapness, simplicity, and efficiency. Cheap- 

 ness, because iron gutters are cheaper than iron pipes; simplicity, because 

 water running in open gutters has less of mystery about it than water con- 

 cealed in pipes ; efficiency, because it produces a moisture heat than any 

 other mode. It has been stated it would produce too moist a heat for many 

 purposes, particularly in the autumn ; but Mr. Corbett says that this is not 

 the case, as it has been most fully verified where the plan has been in oper- 

 ation, as at Sir William Call, fiart., VVhitford House, near Callino-ton 

 Cornwall; C. Thurtle, Esq., Stoke House, near Plymouth; and at Mr. Pon- 

 tey's Nursery, Plymouth. There never can be a superabundance of moisture, 

 provided the gutters are of a proper shape ; but, should it be considered 

 advisable at any time to prevent the escape of vapour altogether, this may at 

 once be effected by placing along the top of the gutter any flat substance, 

 such as slates, tin plate, &c; the water never being in a boiling state, the 

 vapour is not forced out, but will condense on any subject with which 

 it comes into contact. 



