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PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On certain Herbaceous Plants. — A Correspondent would be glad to 

 know where the following plants are to be obtained, and would feel obliged 

 to any Nurseryman who may have them for sale, to state in the Floricultural 

 Cabinet the prices. 



Claytonia virginica, Trillium grandiflornm, Rhexia virginica, Gentiana 

 saponaria alba, Pulmonaria dahurica, Dodecathoo giganteum, Statiee sinuata, 

 Alstrtemeria ovata, Lilium catesbaea, Lilium Philadelphicum. 



He would also be very glad to know how Belladonna Lilies can be made 

 to bloom well when cultivated out of doors. 



September 23rd, 1839. 



On preventing Bulbs throwing out Shoots during a Voyage. — Will 

 you inform me through any of your correspondents, in what way roots, such 

 as dahlias or bulbs, may be conveyed to the Antipodes, a four months 

 voyage, so that they may not throw out any shoots in the intrim. 



August 26th, 1839. . S. 



P. S. I suppose the voyage to commence about February or March. 



On the culture of Geraniums. — In the Floricultural Cabinet for July, 

 you promise your Subscribers to place before them the method of management 

 of the splendid Geraniums exhibited at the Horticultural Exhibition the 

 May preceding. 1 have been in anxious expectation of seeing the accom- 

 plishment of your promise in one of the two successive Numbers, but with- 

 out success. Will you permit me to remind you of this engagement, which 

 is looked forward to by, doubtless, many of your readers, and by no one 

 with greater desire than, yours very sincerely, 



A Subscriber from the commencement of your Work. 



September 25tb, 1839. 



[Will be given in December Number. — Cond.] 



REMARKS. 



Birmingham Grand Dahlia Show.— The fourth of these annual exhi- 

 bitions took place at the Town Hall on Wednesday and Thursday the 1 Ith 

 and 12th of September, and for the number of exhibitors, the distance from 

 which the Hovers were brought and their great excellence, it has never, we 

 believe, been equalled in the kingdom. The entries for showing exceeded 

 one hundred and fifty in number, and eighty- six stands of flowers (exclusive 

 of seedlings) were placed for competition. Mr. Edward Davis, of Bath, an 

 amateur, was the successful competitor for the premier prize : the blooms ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Sadler, gardener to Sir Charles Throckmorton, Bart., being 

 the next best. The weather was unpropitions, but the show was attended by 

 a very numerous and highly respectable company. The following were the 

 • uccesslul exhibitors : 



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