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without risK of losing them, remove the pot to a cooler place, as a cool frame 

 near the glass, or the shelf of a greenhouse near the glass. Transplant as 

 soon as the plants are strong enough. Before the plants are up, or during 

 their early infant state, if watering be required, let it be applied by means of a 

 very fine syringe. — Conductor.] 



Do China Roses require manure in a loamy soil to grow them successfully ? 

 — A Subscribe!*. 



[Give them a free supply of well-rotted cow-dung, this suiting them much 

 better than horse-dung, of course we mean such as has been employed as a 

 hot-bed. A fresh supply should annually be given to grow them vigorously. — 

 Conuuctor.] 



A young florist is desirous of commencing with the season drying floral spe- 

 cimens for an Herbarium, and will be glad of a hint how to succeed in the 

 process. 



Lancaster, April 13th, 1842. 



[In drying the specimens, care must be taken not to press them so much as to 

 crush them ; succulents, aud kinds that drop their leaves, such as Heaths, 

 should be dipped in hot water before they are pressed. Each specimen should 

 be placed between a sheet of brown or blotting paper, and .between each filled 

 sheet several empty ones should be placed ; for the first day or two the pressure 

 should be only just sufficient to prevent the leaves and flowers from shrivelling. 

 When the papers are damp, the plants should be placed in dry ones, increasing 

 the pressure after every shift till the specimens are perfectly dry. — Conductor.] 



On Blooming, the Tuberose. — Last year I tried to bloom the Tuberose in 

 the open ground, but, though planted under a south wall, they did not arrive at 

 a blooming state before frost came. How am I to proceed so as to succeed? 



I do not possess a greenhouse, but have a hot-bed frame. Should they be 

 promoted a little in pots, in the frame, and then turned out ? An early reply 

 will oblige Louisa B us. 



Southwell, Feb. 5, 1842. 



[Plant the bulbs immediately in smallish-sized pots, put them in a hot-bed 

 frame, and when the flower spike has pushed about six inches, they may be 

 turned out of the pots, under a south wall, in a situation protected from strong 

 wind, where they will come into bloom in July, and continue for a long period. 

 Where there is the advantage of being grown successfully near a sitting-room 

 window, the delightful perfume is most agreeable. To grow them vigorously 

 they should be planted out iu a compost of equal parts of well-rotted manure 

 and loam, to the depth of a foot or more, and on a dry substratum. When 

 growing they require a good supply of water. — Conductor.] 



REMARKS. 

 On Cinerarias, as ornamental Plants for the Greenhouse duhinq 

 Winter and the Spring Months. — In the last volume of the Cabinet, at 

 page 3(i, there is a very interesting paper on the Cineraria, with a descriptive 

 list of many kinds. On reading it, I resolved on procuring the entire assortment, 

 and have bloomed them all during the past season. In October I divided the 

 plants, re-potted them in a rich loam and peat, and placed about one-half under 

 a moderate hot-bed frame for about six weeks ; in that time a number of flower- 

 ing shoots pushed, and I removed the plants to a warm greenhouse, into which 

 I have a view from a sitting-room, and they have been in profuse bloom for the 

 last five weeks, and appear likely to continue so for some months. I 8trongly 

 recommend their growth wherever practicable. Their variety and beauty at 

 such a season strongly enhance their merit. 



Clericus. 



On Growing the Spanish and English Irises. — In a former number of the 

 Cabinet I observed some strong recommendations to grow the Spanish and 



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