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glands and spots of a rich deeper colour. One single stem of rubrum had about 

 thirty flowers upon it ; and so vigorous were some of the other kinds that they 

 had move than sixty upon each. The plants were all grown in pots, and were 

 of the most healthy description. Mr. Groom's collection of them is the most 

 extensive we ever saw, having many hundreds of them. We doubt not but they 

 will be more generally cultivated, as they bloom at a season so suited to adorn 

 the greenhouse or conservatory during the summer months, so that by attention 

 they may be bloomed from June to the end of September. This is easily done 

 by keeping some plants out of doors in a shady situation, and taking them in 

 successively. Mr. Groom has for several years paid particular attention to 

 raising hybrid Lilies between L. bulbiferum and atrosanguineum, and aurantia 

 aud atrosanguineum. He has succeeded in raising several most beautifully 

 distinct, thus giving us flowers the size of Aurantia upon stems from eighteen 

 inches to two feet high, and the rich deep colours of the greenhouse Atrosan- 

 guineum to adorn our flower gardens. The hybrids are perfectly hardy, and 

 bloom in vast profusion ; Mr. Groom's beds of them produced a most dazzling 

 appearance. They deserve a place in every flower garden. — Conductor. 





PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



Succulent Plants. — How can I best keep a lot of succulent plants through 

 winter in a dwelling room window, having had a pretty collection destroyed last 

 winter ? 



[At that season of the year from want of heat and light they are in a torpid 

 state, and consequently unable to drink but a very small portion of water, 

 so that if given in excess the plants rot. Keep them dry, as near the glass as 

 circumstances will admit, occasionally wipe, or blow off accumulated dust, and 

 they will certainly survive. At the end of March they should be repotted, using 

 a free drainage, not only at the bottom but mix pieces of stone, broken crocks, 

 &c, amongst the soil, which latter should never be sifted, only chopped. — Con- 

 ductor.] 



Keeping Salvias, Calceolarias, &c, during winter in a cold fiame or pit. 

 The outsides should be banked up with soil, and the plants be kept dry ; this 

 will preserve them from moulding off, and from injury from ordinary frost, if 

 mats, &c, are used for covering. — Conductor. 



REMARKS. 



The following is a descriptive list of all the kinds of English Irises grown up to 

 the present in this country, and they well merit a place in every flower garden. 

 We insert the list for our readers to select ; they may be had at about 6rf. 

 to 9</. each. 



Adonis, blue, yellow, and violet. 

 Amelia, lilac, blue and yellow. 

 Aimable Marie, fine, var. 

 Anteros, dark purple. 

 Antiope, lilac variegated. 

 Arethusa, extra. 

 Bellissima, red purple. 

 Blandina, grand white. 

 Blucher, blue. 

 Cassius, large spotted. 



Cerito,"rose-spotted. 

 Clotilda, purple. 

 Conqueror, lilac and blue. 

 Coronation, dark purple spotted. 

 Defiance, lilac and purple. 

 Don Juan, violet and purple. 

 Due de Beiri, blue and violet. 

 Duke of Wellington, grand purple. 

 Enchantress, white and lilac. 

 Emperor, purple and rose. 



