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at the same time, and the windows to be opened without detriment from the ex- 

 ternal cold. The soil in which it grows consists of a mixture of loam and leaf 

 mould. I am not aware that any other peculiar management is required, except 

 daily syringing during its growth to destroy the red spider, to whose attacks it 

 is extremely liable.' " 



PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On destroying Millepedes. — An original subscriber to your valuable and 

 entertaining work, the Floricui.turai. Cabinet, will feel much indebted to 

 your kind liberality if you, or any of your numerous correspondents, will give 

 him information as to the most efficacious mode of destroying that mischievous 

 insect, the millepedes, commonly called woodlice ; his cucumber and melon 

 frames are so completely infested with them as to cause the most serious injury 

 to the crops, and lime has no effect on them. J. S. 



On Fuchsia fllgrns. — I have a Fuchsia fulgens apparently healthy and 

 strong, and coming into flower ; but no sooner do the flower-buds turn pink and 

 promise to open, than they fall off one by one, and disappoint all my hopes. 

 Can any correspondent tell me the cause, and suggest a remedy ? An answer 

 next month will oblige. Gladiolus. 



[Allowing the plant to wither for want of water, or growing it in a very high 

 temperature, will induce the evil complained of. — Conductor. J 



On Soil and Situation for Roses. — A constant reader and subscriber would 

 feel obliged by being informed what is the best kind of soil for a bed of dwarf 

 and standard roses, and what is the best month for planting them. The situation 

 is in winter much exposed to the sea wind from the westward. 



Honiton. A. A. A. 



On a Substitute for Peat. — Can any of your correspondents inform us if 

 there is any efficient substitute for peat, as it is not easily to be procured near us ? 



LlNCOLNENSIS. 



On Culture of Ixias, &c. — A constant reader of the Floricultural Cabinet, 

 and a great admirer of bulbous-rooted plants generally, is anxious to be made 

 acquainted with the best mode of cultivating the beautiful tribe of Ixias and 

 Sparaxis, of which very little has been said hitherto — the time of planting, the 

 soil best suited to the growth and beauty of the plant, and the best position to 

 place the pots in when without the convenience of a greenhouse, which will 

 greatly oblige A. J G. 



[An article on the subject shall be given. Perhaps some of our numerous 

 readers, who successfully grow the plants named, will favour us with their mode 

 of treatment. — Conductor.] 



On preserving Calceolarias through the Winter. — A subscriber to the 

 Cabinet would thank either the conductor or some correspondent to inform her 

 what should be the difference of tieatment in winter between the shrubby and 

 herbaceous Calceolarias, as she has, summer after summer, purchased the most 

 beautiful and expensive kinds, and invariably lost them in the winter. 



On a Conservatory. — I have a large Gothic house in the country, and am 

 desirous of building a conservatory out of a hall, but am undecided as to a plan 

 that would suit the house. Could you, or some correspondent, through the 

 medium of your valuable publication, give me any information on this subject to 

 the address of any person to whom I could apply for the sight of plans, &c. 



