MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



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flowers, will remain untouched until af- [wards defraying the necessary expences, 



ter six o'clock, when they will be de 

 livered into the hands of the exhibiters. 

 " Every exhibiter will be required to 

 sign a written declaration that every ar- 

 ticle exhibited has been in the possession 

 of the exhibiter at least four months. 



ADMISSION OF VISITERS. 



"The garden will be opened, on each 

 day, to fellows and visiters, from one 

 o'clock till sunset, under the following 

 regulations. 



" All fellows of the society will be ad 

 mitted without tickets, on signing their 

 names in a book at the entrance. Visi- 

 ters will be only admitted by tickets, to 

 be obtained through fellows of the so- 

 ciety. 



" All fellows who shall, on or before 

 Tuesday, the 5th of April, subscribe to- 



will receive three tickets for every half- 

 guinea so subscribed. 



" After the 5th of April tickets will be 

 delivered to fellows on their personal ap- 

 plication, or written order, at the price 

 of five shillings each. 



" All tickets subscribed for, and not 

 taken by the subscribers on or before 

 Tuesday, the 19th of April, will be 

 charged five shillings each. 



" Each ticket will be available for ad- 

 mission to either of the three exhibitions, 

 at the option of the visiter. 



" All applications for tickets must be 

 made at the society's office, 21, Regent- 

 Street. 



" Any tick* issued at the garden on 

 the days of exhibition will be at the ad- 

 vanced price of ten shillings." 



On Striking Young Shoots of Dahlias. — 1 have, during February and 

 up to the 10th of April, been occupied in striking young shoots of Dahlias, and 

 I find a considerable difference is required in the age of taking off shoots so as 

 to strike them certainly. Some kinds I find have robust and coarse shoots, if 

 these be taken off before they get about five inches long, 1 find them very liable 

 to rot off. Whereas, those of a less vigorous habit, aud having smallish shoots, 

 will strike if taken off at two inches long. I find, however, that younger the 

 shoot is, more sand must be used in the soilto keep it open, to allow the water to 

 pass away freely. I break my shoots clean from the old root whenever I can ; 

 it is easily done. I find such root much better than when a shoot is cut through 

 close under a joint. If shoots be taken off when not more than two or three 

 inches long, they may be removed without injuring any remaining that may be 

 upon the old root. I have sometimes found where a quantity was pushing up 

 closely, that to cut a little carefully with a point of a penknife so as to assist in 

 separating it, has been of assistance. J. Jones. 



Chester, March \0th, 1836. 



Literary Notice. — A Prospectus of an intended work ou tropical Orehide- 

 ous Plants, by Dr. Lindley, to be published by Messrs. Ridgway, has been sent 

 us. The work is named Sertum Orchideum ; the meaning is, The Orchideous 

 Garland. It will contain figures of the most superb and interesting kinds. It 

 will be published in twenty-two monthly parts, in folio size. Each part will 

 contain five plates. Conductor. 



The Tree Dahlia. — An arborescent species of Dahlia, was exhibited on 

 November 3rd, at the meeting of the Linnean Society, by Mr. Lambert. It is 

 from Oaxaca, in Mexico, in which country it is said to grow fifty feet high. A 

 plant of this species, we understand, is in the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 



Conductor. 



On Hot- Water Apparatus, as inserted in the Cabinet, page 49. — In the 

 account which I sent you last month of a small Hot- Water Apparatus, I believe 

 I omitted the name ol the workman who constructed mine. It was made by G. 

 Jarman, brazier and coppersmith, 49, Gracechurch-Street, London ; and as he 

 has had some experience in similar apparatus, and is in possession of all my 



