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PART III. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On Calycanthus precox. — I ani just in the same situation as " C. S." with 

 regard to a double Pomegranate; there is this difference, mine has been four 

 years in the ground, and has not yet had a single blossom; I also followed the 

 directions given in a former number. My plant looks healthy and is quite a 

 shrub, but without a symptom of blossom. I shall, therefore, be glad to hear the 

 answer to C. S.'s query on that point, also on the subject of the Calycauthus 

 praecox, as I was lead to believe, when I purchased mine in the Autumn, that 

 it would blow the following Christmas. I attributed its failure to the severity of 

 the frost after removal. 



On AIoss. — I shall feel obliged if any one will instruct me how to get rid of 

 Moss in a long gravel walk. I have had the gravel picked up repeatedly but 

 as soon as it is rolled and becomes hard, the moss appears again. — I once tried 

 salt, but that nourished the soil so much, that though the moss was killed such 

 a quantity of weeds sprang up, that the remedy was worse than the original 

 disease, for the gravel was obliged to be turned up to be frosted. 



Clifton, 1836. ' Maria. 



On Geranium Seeds, &c. — I perceive that a question similar to the one I 

 am about to propose, has been put by a correspondent, page 1C5, Vol. 2nd. I 

 wish to know, whether the Seed of Geraniums should be sown immediately on 

 taking it from the plant, or whether it should be kept during winter, and then 

 sown early in spring. I raised some Plants the latter end of last summer, but 

 they fagged off in the winter. I shall feel particularly obliged on mv question 

 together with that of the Correspondent alluded to, being answered as early as 

 possible. 



P. S. Surely your Correspondent, page 49, of the March Number of this year 

 rather exaggerates the duration of time which he states his fuel lasts. 



Canterbury, 1836. An Asiateur des Flowers. 



On Grafting or Budding Rhododendrons. — You would oblige me by 

 requestiug one of your correspondents in the Floricultural Cabinet, to inform 

 me, if he has successfully grafted or budded Rhododendrons, and if so at what 

 season, and in what manner they succeed best. — Your Obedient, 



A Cupar Florist. 



On Cape Bulbs, &c. — A Subscriber would be greatly obliged by a little fur- 

 ther information relative to the culture of bulbous roots in general. Whin 

 planted in the open bonier, what depth ought they to be in the soil ? Do the 

 different bulbs vary much in that respect ? — Again, as regards those which re- 

 quire heat, I have frequently observed the crown of the bulb raised above the 

 surface of the soil, is that desirable? Should all the outer skins be removed which 

 have the appearance of being decayed? Would you also have the goodness to 

 name what proportion of loam there ought to be in a peat border intended for 

 American Plants ? what depth the compost ought to go I and if any sand or ma- 

 nure must be added. A. B. 



On Orchideous Plants. — I have been much pleased with the papers on the 

 Cultivation of Orchideous epiphytes, by a "Country Florist," and regret then 

 have DOt been continued in each successive number as promised, and the 

 more so, because their place Kerns not so profitably occupied by the Gleanings 

 from Old Authors. I trust your Correspondent will resume his labours in M.iv, 



