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PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



' On the retarding the blooming of F,.owers.-AI1 gardeners are busy 

 in making eariy flowers ; is it possible to retard flowers as to have those 

 kinds which usually bloom in spring or early summer.to bloom jn au urnn as 

 tor instance, the Pceony, Gladiolus, &c. Suppose the bulbs ot the la ter ^were 

 taken up and not replanted till the middle ot the spring, what would be the 

 effect? If anv reader of the Cabinet should have tried the expenment 

 should be obliged lor information as to the result, and il successlul, mode ol 



treatment pursued ? _ ,„ . s 



I wish that you would give me a list of those Geraniums (Pelargoniums) 

 which may be said to blossom perpetually all the season (as the red does ;,) 

 with the prices and where they may be got. . Also, where i m the most likely 

 place to get these kinds that are good, but are become a little old and ou 

 of fashion. I think several of the best florists, or at least the most eminent 

 do not consider it worth while to keep them, and it is therefore d.lhcult to 



find them, ,. , , , • , a 



Will Geraniums, Pelargoniums, or Erodiums, produce hybrid flowers 



among themselves? , ,., , , • , , j 



I wish you would give a list of those shrubs winch has been introduced 

 within the last few years, which are so hardy as to be useiul in gardens and 

 grounds. I love the open parcien and its variety, and happy to inlorm you 

 that the Araucaria is quite hardy, having stood through the last winter un- 

 protected, although it was removed in the autumn. 

 r ° Hardy. 



(We have tried experiments of this kind with many flowers, and although 

 we 1 succeeded to bloooin Uanuuculuses, Anemomes Pceonies Gladioluses, 

 and Ixiaaes, of the tribe of early flowers, as late as Aul-usI, and September; 

 thev uniformly bloomed much weaker than at their proper season. Early 

 bloomin- annuals can of course be mad,- to bloom late by sowing seed ac- 

 cordino-fv We. tried several successive years to hybridize the Pelargo- 

 niums with the blue flowered Garden Geranium, but could not succeed, A 

 white flowered Pelargoniums was impregnated with G. striata, the pretty 

 striped flower of the borders, and it was judged to have eflected the pur- 

 pose ; a striped flowering Pelargonium was raised. But.as suftcient care 

 was not taken to prevent impregnation Iron, some other Pelargoniums, .t 

 could not be positively determined as to the real fact. Perhaps some of 

 our numerous readers may be able to give us additional mlormation. II our 

 correspondent requested a list of the sorts desired, with prices ol any ol the 

 celebrated Pelargonium growers in his own neighbourhood (London) such 

 would be cheerfuly furnished ; and such a person is most likely to know the 

 habits of nearly every kind that has been celebrated lor the last ten years, 

 and would either furnish them, if desired, or give information where it was 

 probable that they may be obtained. 15y raising plants at various seasons, 

 or heading down in such a maimer, repotting, Sec. the flowering season may 

 he prolonged, bo a. to have early and late, but the late blooming plants never 

 ,an be caused to bloom as hue, an al their usual season in spring or early 

 summer. — Conductor.) 



