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and I would suggest, that instead of stating that these plants may be had for a 

 "" reasonable price," he would give the actual prices charged by nurserymen as 

 far as practicable. No one will then be disappointed as I was the other day, 

 when asking for a species of Stanhopea, I was told the price of a small plant 

 was £-J. 5s. If this be a reasonable price for a Country Florist, 1 fancy he has 

 a longer purse than many of his brother florists. Epiphyte. 



We have received another communication from a Country Florist, which will 

 appear in the July number. — Conductor. 



ANSWERS. 



On a Yellow Flowering Plant. — In March Number, " R." in reply to 

 "Amicus" advises Moneywort, as a dwarf trailing plant— in addition, I beg to 

 recommend white, pink, red, and yellow Heliantpemum — the leaf is pretty, and 

 they blossom abundantly from May till November — they look particularly well 

 in rock work or in roots of trees; if put in the borders, a little pile of stones 

 should be placed to plant them in, which they will soon conceal : a small root 

 in a farthing pot, may be had of any nurseryman for 6d. or 9d. each root — they 

 are very hardy aud increase rapidly. ■ Maria. 



On a Box for carrying Dahlia blooms. — In answer to your constant rea- 

 der, at Ackworth, a Box made of whatever size he might require, would carry the 

 Dahlia flowers safe by having a false bottom with holes just of sufficient size for 

 the stem, the bottom part filled with damp moss aud a pin run through the stem 

 close under the wood, the flowers then could not move, but the false bottom must 

 be tacked inside carefully; I should say with long tacks, so as to be able to loose 

 it easily at its destination. I think on this plan they would carry 200 miles, 

 and merely require the usual direction, " with care, keep this side up." Tulip. 



The History of the Dahlia, &c. — In answer to the enquiry in the Flori- 

 cultural Cabinet of February last, respecting the earliest introduction of the 

 Dahlia, "A. Z." is informed that our gardens are indebted to Mr. John Fmzer, 

 son of the late indefatigable collector of North American plants, for bringing to 

 England in 1802, the Dahlia coccinea, the first known species, which plant flow- 

 ered in a hothouse in June 1803, at the Nursery, Chelsea, figured and 

 descrihed in Number 210 of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. As a tribute of grate- 

 ful respect to the introducer, it is proposed that the Horticultural Societies, and 

 the eminent growers and cultivators of this splendid genus, (which is now pro- 

 ducing such endless beautiful hybrid varieties) shall raise a subscription prize for 

 the best new Dahlia of the season 1^36, to be called " the Fraser Dahlia." 



London, April 21th, 1836. A Subscriber. 



(We shall be glad to assist in the furtherance of this object.) — Conductor. 



REMARKS. 



On East and West Indian Seeds, &c. — Cushiug, in his Exotic Gardener, 

 in which the management of the Hothouse, Greenhouse, and Conservatory is 

 fully delineated according to present practice. Loudon, 1814, in the Hothouse 

 department says, " much depends on the state of the seeds when received. East 

 and West Indian Seeds generally arrive with the regular fleet, as indeed do 

 those from the Cape of Good Hope ; and all the South Sea Islands for the most 

 parts by the Eastern and China ships, so that one may in general be prepared 

 against their arrival. As early in the spring as possible is undoubtedly the best 

 time for sowing, yet a few weeks' delay, in some instances, may be advisable. 

 If received late in October or November, I should certainly wait until January 

 or perhaps February, unless it evidently appeared they would not keep long out 

 of the earth, so long a time in a vegetative state." 



"The different sorts of mould necessary to be used in this busiuess, such as 

 loam, peat, well-rotted dung, vegetable mould, sand, &c. all of which intended 

 for this purpose should be finely sifted, and kept separate till wanted for use.'' 



