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inside a vase, &c, this was easily done. The Deutzia scabra, with its pretty 

 pearl white flowers, looks well when used for the purpose, and blooms long, as 

 does the Tropccolum pentaphylhim when trained to a frame, blooming profusely 

 and for a long period. All the above are of easy culture. — Conductor.] 



On Climbing Roses. — I want a dozen good kinds of Climbing Roses that 

 will grow rapidly when trained to a south-west wall. I shall be glad if some 

 rose connoisseur will give me a list of such in an early number. 



Inquirer. 



[Jimee Fibert, white ; blooms in large clusters, in autumn. 



Bougaitwil/e, lilac-purple, very double, rather small, but blooms profusely. 



Blairii, very large, rosy lilac ; blooms early. 



Boursault, red ; blooms early and profusely. 



Charles the Tenth, fine red ; blooms early and very profusely. 



Champneyana, white ;/ blooms late in the season, in fine clusters. 



De Lisle, blush, with deeper coloured centre ; blooms early and very double, 

 in profusion. 



Maria Leonida, white, large flower; blooms profusely in the autumn. 



Madame d'Arblay, flesh coloured ; blooms late ; beautifully double. 



Noisette Lamarquc, white ; blooms early ; very double. 



Ruga, pink-blush ; blooms early and profuse ; double, and rapid grower. 



Jaune Desprez, buflf; blooms late, in profuse clusters. 



The above will answer the purpose. — Conductor.] 



On Plants suitable for growing in a small shallow Basin of Water in 

 a Flower Garden. — Will you, or any correspondent acquainted with a list of a 

 few of the best water-plants for a shallow basin of water, situated in a sheltered 

 flower garden, give me the names of a few in an early number of the Cabinet ? 



Northampton, March 27, 1842. Clericus. 



[The above was received too late for our April number. The following list 

 was given for insertion in Mrs. Loudon's late Lady's Magazine of Gardening, and 

 furnished by Captain James Mangles, a gentleman every way qualified to assist 

 our correspondent. — Conductor.] 



" Two of the handsomest aquatics I know are Aponogeton augustifolia and 

 A. distachyon ; they have both white flowers, tinged with pink, and black 

 anthers, which give them a very lively appearance. A. distachyon is much the 

 larger plant of the two. They are both tolerably hardy, but require protection 

 during winter. Pontedtria cordata has arrow-shaped, erect leaves, and an 

 upright spike of dark purple flowers. It is a native of North America, and is 

 quite hardy in England. Butomus umbellatus, the flowering rush, with its 

 heads of pink flowers, and Acorus Calamus, the sweet-scented water-reed, are 

 fall, showy plants, as is Cyperus longus, which last bears some resemblance to 

 the Papyrus of the Nile. For smaller plants may be mentioned the Utile Frog- 

 bit, Hydrocharis morsusrana, with its pure white flowers ; Hootonia palustris, 

 the water violet, with its pretty pink flowers ; Calla palustris, the water dragoon; 

 Caltha palustris, the marsh marigold; Nymphea alba, the common water-lily; 

 Stratiodes aloides, the fresh water soldier; Sagitiaria sagittasfolia, the Chinese 

 arrowhead, with its white and green flowers; Pinguecula Lusitauica, Samolus 

 valerandi, Villarsia nymphseoides, the yellow fringed buck-bean ; Comarum 

 palustre, and Nuphar advena. The beautiful little Polygonum amphibium, the 

 rose-coloured water-pepper, with its dark pink flowers, of which there is so much 

 in the lari^c piece of water opposite the palace in Kensington Gardens, is quite 

 hardy, as is Menyanthes trifoliata, the common buck-bean. These are all 

 common, but Thalia dealbata, a curious black and white plant, and Trapa 

 natans, also cinious, are more rare. 



" For the plants not aquatics, but which will thrive from having their pols 

 plunged in water, are Calla ethiopica, the tall scarlet Lobelias, and all the kinds 

 of Mimulus. As a companion to the little musk-plant, I may recommend the 

 iMyosutis palustris, the true Fur get-me-not, and Houstuiiia cxrulea, a pretty little 

 plant, with very pale, btur-like flowers. 



