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marks along with you,) yon will tell me Low to lay out £100 to the best 

 advantage, describing the construction of the building, size of the rafters, 

 mode of heating, an estimate, &c, &c. 



P. S. According to my plan there would be two sashes in the roof, one in 

 front, and one behind which would be a fixture. Should there not be venti- 

 lators in the back wall at D ? 



A Country Subscriber. 



On Ink suited for Writing with upon Metallic Labels. — I am anxi- 

 ous to learn through the medium of the ' Cabinet,' from which I derive much 

 useful information, how the Metallic Labels adverti.-ed about a year ago in 

 the ' Cabinet' are written upon, and if they require any particular kind of 

 ink ? 1 have used a common kind of ink, and find the writing easily oblite- 

 rated with water. 



Feb. 27th, 1839. Y. M. 



(A prepared ink is to be obtained very cheap with the labels, and may be 



applied by means of a pen, or a small camel's hair coloring brush. — Cond.) 



On Blooming Brunsvigias, &c. — Having a few healthy bulbs of Bruns- 

 vigia Josephinia, and B. falcata, &c, and not being able to bloom them to 

 my satisfaction, I should feel obliged if some reader of the 'Cabinet' who is 

 successful in flowering the tribe of plants, would give me in an early Num- 

 ber the particulars of the mode of treatment pursued. An attention to this 

 request will also benefit some of my friends, who have equally failed with 

 Brunsvigias, 



Hamburgh, November 27th, 1838. G. G. 



Malva Fulleriana.— Having been informed that Malva Fulleriana is 

 a greenhouse plant, you would oblige me by informing me whether it is as 

 you state, a hardy shrub, or a greenhouse plant, and the soil and best method 

 of cultivating it. 



N. B. It is in Vol iv. page 264. 



February 4tb, 1839. A. X. Z. 



ANSWER. 



On Destroying Ants. — Not having been lately so constant a reader of 

 your very useful publication as 1 could wish, I have not observed whether 

 any satisfactory answer has been given to a query concerning the destruction 

 of ants, by Q. in your number for June last. 



If your correspondent has not yet lound any remedy, I should recommend 

 him to try what I have seen used with perfect success in the south of Europe, 

 which is garlic chopped small, and laid across the ants usual track. They 

 dislike this so much that it will completely drive them away, and the effect 

 will last long after the smell has ceased to be at all perceptible. This though 

 it will not destroy them, (which I imagine might be done by pouring boiling 

 water iuto their nests,) will prevent the annoyance which Q. complains of in 

 his conservatory. 



Jan. 23rd, 1839. L. C. 



REMARKS. 



To Destroy Ants. — Having read complaints against ants, I am induced to 

 send you the following: — Some time ago, a drawer, in which 1 kept some 

 sugar, was so much infested with ants, that we were obliged to remove the 

 su^ar from it. It happened from some cause or other, a small piece of cam- 

 phor was laid in the drawer, and on opening it a few days afterwards, we 

 were agreeably surprised to find t he bottom literally covered with dead ants. 

 This induced us to try the experiment, and from that time we have kept the 



