20 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On the Culture, &c. of Cactuses. — In the month of August, 1835, I ad- 

 dressed a Query to the Editor or Correspondents of the Florieultwral Cabinet, 

 requesting information as to the name and treatment of a number of small Cac-, 

 tii, which I then described thus. They were raised from seeds, and originally 

 appeared with flat leaves like the Cactus speciosa, but have since made shoots 

 winch are both hexagonal and octagonal, covered with hairs, each shoot having 

 the appearance of being twisted, they are now three years old. The specific 

 name and mode of treatment to make them bloom freely, is what I request in- 

 formation upon, and shall feel much obliged to any one who will kindly answer 

 me. 



On the Culture of Cyclamens. — A subscriber to the Cabinet would feel 

 himself extremely obliged if any correspondent would inform him of the best 

 method of growing the Sweet Scented Cyclamen. I purchased several roots in 

 bloom three years ago, bu( have not had the pleasure of witnessing a single 

 bloom on them since. By giving this assertion in your next number, you will 

 still further oblige yours, &c. Alpha. 



December Wb, 1836. 



On Pansies. — Can you or any of your Subscribers, inform me where, near 

 Sheffield, lean procure the following Pansies, and at what price ? viz. Royal 

 Crimson, Iver Beauty, Rollinson's Princess Victoria, and Jane Ann's Favourite. 



Near Sheffield, Dec. Vith, 1836. An Admirer of the Carinet. 



On Sowing Seeds of Anomatheca ciuenta, &c. — A Subscriber lias been 

 anxiously awaiting an answer in your Cabinet to the question asked in the Octo- 

 ber publication, relative to the management of the Seeds of the Anomatheca 

 omenta, and if likely to blossom the same year? Perhaps Mr. Harrison himself 

 would be kind enough to give an answer in his next Number, as the season may 

 soon be too late to take advantage of the knowledge :equired. 



December 6//j, IS36. 



The seeds should be sown as early as there may be the- convenience of giving 

 them a warm and moist temperature, as a cucumber or melon frame, or pine 

 stove. The pot should have an inch deep or upwards of drainage, in a rich, 

 light, sandy soil; we have found the plants to grow very vigorously. When the 

 plants are strong enough to take up otit of the seed-pot, which will be when 

 about two inches high, let that be carefully done to retain all the fibrous roots, 

 insert one plant into a small sixty-sized pot, replacing the plants into the frame, 

 to assist in re-establishing them ; when they appear to be striking root afresh, give 

 an increase of air, so that the foliage does not draw up weakly. In a short time 

 they will require pots a size larger. When this is done, they may be placed in 

 a cooler department, as a greenhouse or frame, where they can be protected till 

 the middle of May, when, witli balls entire, they may be planted in the open 

 border, where they will bloom the same season. We had some which bloomed 

 from the middle of July to the end of September. The situation was open to the 

 sun, and sheltered from the East, West, and North winds. Conductor. 



Ox the Dahlia. — Has any of the readers of the Cabinet tried the experi- 

 ment of cutting the roots of two Dahlias, each into two parts, and then joining 

 the two sorts together, that is, one portion of each kind being secured to a por- 

 tion of the other. If this has been tried, I should be obliged by being informed 

 what the result was in affecting the colour, &c. of the flowers. C. Nevill. 



Ornamental Creepers, &c. — I should be very much obliged, if some 

 reader of the Cabinet would give a list of Ornamental Creepers, or climbing 

 plants, suited to train against a wnll, trellis, pillar, or arbour. A list of green- 

 house, and one of hardr kinds, will confer a great kindness on Flok \. 



Notts, Dee. ISth, 1836. 



