268 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On Blooming Tropceolum tuberosum. — Having been a Subscriber to 

 your Floric.ultural Cabinet for some time, I take the liberty of stating that I 

 have grown the Tropoeolum tuberosum for two years, both in the pot, and 

 turned out in tbe open ground ; in the former way I found it did not grow 

 very strong, but in the ground it grew very vigorous, and covered an im- 

 mense space of the wall against which it was placed, it was twelve feet high, 

 but I cannot get it to flower, it grows on until the frost takes it, and never 

 ■hews the least inclination to bloom ; nor am 1 singular in this, as several of 

 my friends have tried it with the same result. Now, if you can give me 

 a reason for this, or directions for a more fortunate cultivation of this plant, 

 in your next Number, you will confer a great favor on W. R. 



Liverpool, October 1st, 1839. 

 P. S.— I raised it first in the hotbed and turned it out in May. 



[We never saw it grown and trained against a wall, but it is very probable 

 that the heat of the wall, as well as situation, would encourage the plant 

 to grow too quickly, and run into shoots too weak to bloom, though ex- 

 tending considerably in length. In such a situation a good supply of 

 water would be required, to have vigour to extent of shoots. 



When grown in the open border where the plants have the sun most of 

 the day, we have seen the plants bloom freely ; they were planted in good 

 rich soil, and had some branching sticks placed around them, so that as 

 they exteud, they formed bushes about the size of a moderate sized 

 gooseberry bush. The open situation would prevent the over-rapid 

 growth, and have a tendency to promote blooming; the plants we saw 

 were tolerably good ones when turned out in May. 



We hope that any of our Readers who have bloomed the plant success- 

 fully when trained, will forward us particulars of situation and mode of 

 treatment. — Con d.] 



On Biooming Tecoma jasminoides, and Ipomjea hederacifolia. — I have 

 had a plant of Tecoma Jasminoides and another of Ipomea hederacifolia in 

 my possession for about twelve months, and have had them kept in a green- 

 house. They have each grown to six feet, and are in excellent health, but 

 have not shown any symptoms of flowering ; they were grown in peat, but 

 I have lately transplanted them into a richer soil, with no better effect as to 

 blooming. I should be obliged to any of the Readers of the Cabinet who 

 would furnish me with any information on the culture of the above named 

 plants, so as to succeed in blooming them. M. L. R. M. 



October 5th, 1839. 



[Ipomea hederacea, and Ipomea hederifolia are annuals, and usually bloom, 

 whether grown in pots or planted out into the open border. It is probable 

 the Ipomea named, is not correct as to kind ; if it be a greenhouse spe- 

 cies it will very probably bloom next season, sometimes tbe removal of a 

 plant from a warm to a cold temperature will prevent its blooming the first 



