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tub, or tank, for the roots to fix in : and in the winter the water should be drained 

 off to its surface. But the earth must be constantly kept in a somewhat moist 

 state, and not to become quite dry. It bloomed recently in Mr. Knight's collec- 

 tion, at his nursery in the King's-road, Chelsea. 



Sidagraveolens. Heavy-sckntkd. (Bot. Mag.) Malvaceae. Mouadelphia 

 Polyandria. A native both of the East and West Indies. It is a handsome 

 species, with soft, pale-green foliage, and yellow flowers, having a deep blood- 

 coloured eye. It is a moderate sized shiubby plant, with large Hibiicus-like 

 flowers. It would be a fit companion to the Abutilon striatum. 



Syiunga Emodi. Himalayan Lilac. (Bot. Reg. 6.) Oleaceae. Diandria 

 Monogynia. A fine dwarf hardy shrub, from thiee to five feet hgh ; blooms 

 in this country from May to July. The flower< have much the appearance of 

 those of the Privet, but the heads are double their size. 



Turnera ui.mifolia.. Elm-i.eaved. (Bot. Mag.) Turneracea;. Pentandria 

 Tiigynia. Seeds were sent from Jamaica. It is a strong-growing plant, with 

 herbaceous ^ems, said to survive two or three years. The flowers are yellow, 

 showy, about the size of the Allamauda Cathartica. 



Pi.eroma petiolata. LoNQ-PETioi.ED. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Melastomaceae. 

 Decandria Monogynia. A beautiful flower Melastoma-like plant, from South 

 America. It has bloomed at the Clapton Nursery. The plant grows a yard 

 high. The flowers are numerously produced, in terminal panicled heads, of a 

 beautiful rich purple and blue. Each blossom is two inches across. It is a fine 

 hothouse plant. 



New Plants noticed. 



Apheli.andra aurantiaca. — This is a very valuable addition to the hothouse 

 winter-blooming plants. It is a noble looking plant, producing fine terminal 

 spikes of rich dazzling orange-red flowers. It has been in bloom for a length of 

 time at Messrs. Hendersons, of Pine-apple Nursery, London. 



Corr^as. — A number of varied and beautiful hybrids are in bloom at Mr. 

 Gaines's, of Surrey-iane, Batlersea. They are very interesting plants for orna- 

 menting the greenhouse during winter. 



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QUERIES. 



A Descriptive List of Dahlias. — I should be obliged by a descriptive list of 

 the best Dahlias. An Amateur Grower. 



[The advertised lists of the nurserymen, &c, will soon be given, and they will 

 contain the information required, and will render any list in the body of our 

 work unnecessary. — Conductor.] 



On Ants in the Flower-garden. — I should be greatly obliged if some 

 reader of the Cabinet would inform me how to destroy ants from the flower 

 borders, which in mine greatly injure the flowers. 



Bath. A Subscriber. 



On Gesneria Zebrina. — I have under my charge soaie fine plants of Gesueria 

 Zebiina, three feet high. I am much mortified to see all their blossom buds 

 drop off before they expand, although they grow admirably, with beautiful 

 dark-green foliage. They have suitable soil, plenty of pot room, and good 

 drainage, &c, with a temperature of from 70 to 80 degrees, in a moisi .stove. 

 They bloom a little at first, but soon get in the way I mention. Can you, or 

 any of your numerous friends, inform me the reason of their doing so, or the 



