114 MISCELLANEOUS INTELIGENCE. 



Brugmansia aurba, &c. — On visiting the gardens of Mr. Barratt of Wake- 

 field, we were very much pleased to find plauts about two feet high in bloom 

 of the true yellow flower seed Pomagamansia (see Advertisement in this 

 month's Cabinet). The flower is about the size of the B. sanguinea, but of 

 fine rich golden yellow colour. There is an inferior kind in the country, 

 the flowers of which are of a dull bull' colour, and which has been sold out 

 for the true B aurea ; this has led to the denial (by many persons) of their 

 beiDg a real golden yellow kind. The true one is a very desirable plant 

 for any cultivation. We also saw in fine bloom, a plant, two feet high of the 

 Epacris paludosa ; it has generally been considered a shy bloomer, but the 

 plant we saw, was in profuse bloom. The flowers of the paludosa, we ob- 

 served were produced in cymose clusters at the extremities of the lateral 

 branches, whereas all other kinds we have seen in bloom, produce the 

 flowers along the branches, they are of a pure white, and produce a very 

 pretty appearance. 



Fuchsia Groomiana was in full bloom, and is a valuable acquisition to 

 this pretty tribe of plants. There was a fine collection of Ericas in bloom, 

 some of the new species being very handsome. 



Soil proper for pink pipings — Take one barrowful of light rich mould, 

 add to it half of one of light loam, with half of one ef drift sand. When you 

 plant the Pipings, sprinkle some water over them, and in an hour afterwards 

 put the hand glass over them, which must remain on till they are struck, 

 shading them from the mid-day sun. They must always be watered over the 

 glass with the rose on, so that the water should go entirely round the glass. 

 When the sun is off take the mat away, as they should have plenty of light. 



On Mimosa Sensitiva. — A correspondent at page 108 Vol. 4, wishes to 

 know how to raise the sensitiva Plant (mimosa sensitiva) the best method 

 he can adopt is to sow the seeds in the latter end of March in 48 size pots, 

 and when the seeds is up and showing the second leaf, they may be potted 

 off. 



On placing Greenhouse Plants in the open air during Summer. — 

 When the pots are exposed to the heat of the sun, and drying winds, the 

 fibrous roots which are in quantity about the roots, are much injured by it, 

 although the interior of the ball of earth be in a moist condition. The re- 

 sult of the pots being so exposed during summer, is soon apparent by the 

 edges of the leaves turning brown, or many of the leaves becoming wholly 

 so. The plan I have adopted for four years has been the follwing, the plants 

 have grown freely and been of a fine healthy green, blooming profusely. 

 I made a bed of sifted gravel six inches deep, choosing the gravel that was 

 about the size of horse-beans. This admitted the wet to draw away, at the 

 substratum I had a few inches of coal ashes to prevent worms coming 

 through. The surface being levelled, I placed the pots and filled up the 

 spaces between with moss, nearly to the rims of the pots. This method 

 kept them cool but not wet. If this be inserted in the May Number of the 

 Cabinet, it may be of service to some of those persons who turn out plants 

 during summer. Clericus. 



On Heracleum asperum. — 1 am much interested in a plant, which al- 

 though possessing no beauty of flower, is distinguished by its size and stately 

 appearance ; Heracleum asperum, the Siberian cow parsnip, which in the 

 open border, under favourable circumstances, will attain a height of ten 

 feet, with leaves four to five feet long. It is a biennial, and should be sown 

 where it is intended to stand, in a rich soil. When it shoots up the second 

 year, it may be watered with liquid manure and warm water, which will 

 greatly promote its rapid and vigorous growth. W. C. J. 



