234 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



acquainted with the remedy, may prove of real service to many of your constant 

 readers, including Commelina. 



[When cut down, and the wood is not well ripened, also the earth then shook 

 off' the roots, they are in great danger of dying. They should he headed down 

 a month at least before repotting, so that fresh shoots may have pushed, then 

 the earth may be removed with safety, and there will he no risk of killing the 

 plants. — Conductor.] 



On Stopping Chrysanthemums. — In my absence from home my gardener 

 omitted to stop the leading shoots of my Chrysanthemums ; should it now be 

 done, or is it too lute ? a reply in next Cabinet will oblige, 



Henriette. 



[If done now, the laterals would be too late to produce bloom in most cases. 

 As the plants are, with proper treatment a vigorous bloom may be obtained. — 

 Conductor.] 



A hint on the culture of the Chorozema varium, and Eparris grandiflora, so 

 as to have them vigorous and at the same time bloom freely, will be acceptable to 



Ci.ericus. 



[A free drainage to both is necessary; grow the former in loam, peat, and 

 sand ; water freely, and be kept where there is a good light and free air. The 

 latter plant must be grown in turfy sandy peat; and to keep the plants bushy, 

 occasionally pinch off the heads. — Conductor.] 



REMARKS. 



On Lisianthus Russei.lianus. — Mr. Cuthill grows this beautiful flowering 

 plant better than any other person we have seen. Many of our correspondents 

 having solicited instructions on growing it successfully, at our request Mr. Cut- 

 hill gave us the particulars as below. — [Conductor.] He sows the seeds in 

 April, in fine soil, and places the tops of the pots very near the glass. As soon 

 as the plants are up enough to transplant, he removes them so as not to break 

 a single fibre, especially the point of the principal, which is tap-rooted. The 

 pots are half filled with Sphagnum moss, then rilled up with good loam and 

 peat, or leaf mould, equal parts. The pots are then plunged up to the rims in a 

 Cucumber bed, and as near to the glass as convenient. As they require larger 

 pots, the same plan is adopted till they show for bloom, when they are placed in 

 the plant house. 



On destroying Green Fi.y. — My Roses in pots are much infested with green 

 fly. How can I soon and effectually destroy them, and not injure the young 

 shoots ? 



[Of the tobacconists tobacco-water may be procured at a shilling per gallon; 

 in it dip the shoots, and the insects will immediately perish ; it does not in the 

 least degree injure the plant. If to sprinkle over the heads of plants indiscrimi- 

 nately, the tobacco water should be diluted by mixing with it an equal quantity 

 of water. — Conductor.] 



Criterion of a Carnation. — With regard to form, I think, as with all 

 florists' flowers, that in looking over the centre it should be as near as possible a 

 complete circle, and when held up and looked at sideways should describe the 

 half of an oval, or nearly so, for the trifling cupping of the guard petals will take 

 off the extremes and form an elliptic. I do not know that I can convey my 

 ideas better than by selecting Gregory's King Alfred as a criterion. I do not 

 say this shalt he the standard, neither do I say it is the best flower that I know; 

 but it is a flower that, if well grown, possesses all the " necessary " properties of 

 a good Carnation ; and, as it is well known to growers in all parts of the country, 

 is an easier way of making myself understood than by attempting a set of rules 

 that would confuse and perplex your readers, without, perhaps, making them 

 comprehend my meaning. Florist. 



