45 

 PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On Raising Roses, &C.-I should be obliged if any contributor to the 

 Cabinet would give a paper on raising Roses from seed. R. 



On the Culture of Bletia Tankervilli.e.— If some correspondent of 

 the Cabinet would give me some information how to treat the Bletia Tanker- 

 villi*, so as to cause it to produce its singular and splendid flowers, I should 

 be verv highly obliged. I have some very fine plants, but cannot get them 

 to bloom. ° I should also be glad of the best mod- of treatment with Zinzibar 

 officinalis (Ginger), so as to obtain fine roots to supply a family wife. 



On the Introduction of the Dahiia.— A subscriber to fee * lortcul- 

 tural Cabinet,*a& a cultivator of the Dahlia, would be greatly obliged for the 

 information, at what period this splendid genus was introduced to our gar- 

 dens and by whom. Like the Tulip of Holland, this beautiful flower, end- 

 less 'in its 'hybrid varieties, is becoming more and more interesting and 

 valuable, even as an article of commerce ; and I think our gardens so much 

 indebted to the collector who introduced this noble plant, that some grateful 

 notice should be taken of the service rendered, by some honourable mention 

 of the name, at least, for the Metropolitan Society of Florists and Amateurs. 



London, 1835. 



REMARKS. 

 On Cape Bulbs —The Floricullural Cabinet for the present month, (Nov. 

 1835,) contains some enquiries and remarks signed by A Cultivator of 

 Cape Bulbs, a beautiful class of flowering plants, which I observe with 

 pleasure are beginning to attract general attention. I am a great admirer, 

 and rather an extensive cultivator of them, for my own amusement; but I 

 regret to say, that with the exception of the Ixia crispa and Tnchonema 

 cruenta, which I received as a present last year from the Cape, I have none 

 of those the Correspondent inquires for. However, I think it may be of 

 interest to look over a list of what I have. I therefore enclose one, and shall 

 be happy to exchange any thing that may strike him, or other readers, for 

 any of "the many varieties I have not got. Application (post paid) may be 

 made to the Editor of the Floricullural Cabinet, Wortley, near Sheffield, who 

 has mv address. I must remark that the whole of this tribe thrive here 

 in fhe'opeu air, or at least with a very slight temporary protection in the 

 shape of stable litter and mats, the flowers attain a size and brilliancy of 

 colour which I have never seen equalled in England. A vast number of 

 new and beautiful varieties of Sparaxises are annually raised from seed by 

 myself and other Amateurs; and I have a few seedling hybrid Ixias, which 

 I think would be acquisitions to any 'collection. Having been raised here, 

 thev are consequently much more hardy than any imported bulbs, which is 

 no small advantage. The Ixia heleni, or Cobourgia fulva, I have been 

 enquiring for for some time without success. I wish some Correspondent 

 would inform me, which is the best and most correct catalogue: I have iound 

 the same plant under so many different names, that I am at a loss which to 

 abide by, and am frequently deferred from purchasing by the fear of only 

 receiving duplicates of what I already have. 

 Guernsey, 1835. 



* Babiania rubro-cyanea. 



* plicata. 



* — — purpurea. 



