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PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On the Dahlia. — " To a Star in the East," I was much pleased with an 

 article on the Dahlia, contributed by a Star in the East, who promised to 

 continue it, but has not kept his word. I trust, however, he has not yet 

 gone to bed, but that he will still shine for a month or two longer. 



June 1 lth 1837 Timothy, 



My compliments to Pensee. and I am obliged for his excellent observations. 



On Bone Manure. — It was mentioned in 'your April Number that the re- 

 marks of your correspondent T. was too late for that Nnmber. They re- 

 lated, as you perhaps know, if you have not forgotten the circumstance, to 

 an enquiry as to the persons who were able to furnish the article on Bone 

 Manure. 1 have looked in vain in your last or May Number for any infor- 

 mation on the subject. Were the remarks in question, or rather the renew- 

 ed enquiry, too late for the May Number also ? — (It had escaped our notice, 

 but shall be attended to — Cond.) 



May 6th, 1837. T. 



On the height of the sweet scented China Rose when trained 

 against A Wall. — To what height has the sweet fcented China Rose, train- 

 ed against a wall, been known to grow ? An early answer to this, in the 

 Cabinet, will much oblige an, 



v Old Subscriber. 



REMARKS. 



Narcissus minor et Pcmila, &c. — Not having read in any Numbers of 

 the Floricultural Cabinet any observations on the culture of Narcissus, I beg 

 to call the attention of the readers of the Cabinet to that beautiful family of 

 plants, whose merits, if better known, would be more extensively culti- 

 vated, flowering in the early part of spring, makes them desirable plants, 

 and when planted in beds in sorts or single patches, strikingly beautiful. 



N. minor, pumila, cernicus, tenuifolius, and triandrus are well adapted for 

 planting in beds near walks, growing from six to eighteen inches in height, 

 the other sorts, amounting to fifty species and varieties, are desirable plants, 

 and I hope, will shortly become better know to the Florist in general, and 

 more extensively cultivated ; and instead of seeing them in botanical col- 

 lections, they will find a place in every flower garden. J. W. D. 



Mimosa prostrata. — Avery pretty trailing plant, which blooms profusely, 

 the flowers are of a delicate pink colour. It is admirably adapted for train- 

 ing np a wire trellis pillar, &c. The plant grows very freely. It will grow 

 either in the greenhouse or open air ; it deserves a place in either. We 

 have seen it most beautiful, and have procured a quantity of plants. 



Monophih INIIQNI8 major. Rhodanthe Manglesii, &c. — I have had a 

 number of Plants of Nemophila insignis major and Rhodantlie Mnnglesii in 

 bloom in pots in my greenhouse for a month, and will doubtles continue for 

 lereral months. Kach kind is allowed a very rich soil, and plenty of pot- 

 room ; one plant, however, will soon cowr a tolerably sized pot. !5oth the 

 kinds deserve extensive cultivation, Clericus. 



