274 LIST OF BORDER FLOWERS. 



Shows. At the latter Exhibition, fifteen out of the twenty-two 

 prizes awarded to this beautiful tribe of flowers were taken by seed- 

 lings, and in the collections of hundreds three-fourths were seedlings, 

 although the exhibiters possessed extensive assortments of named 

 varieties. Some growers have even declined the cultivation of old 

 sorts, and continue to grow those from seed only. 



The seed should be sown every year in autnmn, or early in Spring, 

 growers will thereby have the pleasure of seeing a constant succession 

 of new flowers of superior size, shape, and colour, and will obtain a 

 profusion of bloom. In an unfavourable season, some years since, 

 when the old roots did not bloom more than ten in a hundred, even 

 then the seedling beds presented masses of bloom. If persons will 

 only make a trial of seedling Ranunculuses they will find it very 

 amply to repay them. 



ARTICLE VII.— ON DESTROYING THE CATERPILLAR. 



BY M. S. 



Having heard much of the difficulty of getting rid of Caterpillars, 

 I thought a statement of how to prevent them might not be unac- 

 ceptable. This I have for years succeeded in, by placing bags of 

 sulphur on sticks, about 18 inches high, amongst the beds of all the 

 Brassica tribe. On the first appearance of the yellow or spring but- 

 terfly, which (the effluvia being offensive to them) prevents their 

 laying their eggs in its vicinity. I have also found the same effect 

 from strewing sulphur over those trees, gooseberries, or any plant 

 subject to them, or the green-fly, on roses, &c. The practice has, in 

 the course of the last 20 years become pretty general, having recom- 

 mended it to various gardeners and farmers. The cottagers in the 

 neighbourhood make use of matches, with what effect I know not. 



Should you think this worthy of insertion in your useful and 

 widely circulating Magazine, I shall feel gratified by having contri- 

 buted an article to so agreeable a publication. 



N. B. A teaspoon ful of brimstone inclosed in muslin, not too 

 thick, to prevent the escape of the effluvia, is better than linen or silk. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



SELECT LIST & DESCRIPTION OF PERENNIAL BORDER FLOWERS. 



BY MR. JOHN BROWN, 



At Messrs. Buchanan's Nurseries, Camberwell, near London. 

 It appears from your Florist's Magazine, that some correspondents 

 are desirous of a Selection of Hardy Herbaceous Plants. I herewith 

 subjoin the. following Select List, trusting it will meet your approba- 



