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Bucknell's Talma, ditto Charlemagne, Harvey's Huntsman, Barrenger*s En 

 chantress, Venebles's Spitfire, Wood's William IV., Young's Earl Grey. 



Scarlet Flakes. — Twitchett's Queen of Scarlets (not yet out), Simpson's 

 Marquis of Granby, Barrenger's Hope, Woollard's Queen Victoria, Martin's 

 Mars, ditto Phoenix, Willson's Sir H. Davey. 



Purple Flakes. — Kly's Mango, ditto Mrs. Burkell, Hepworth's Elizabeth, 

 Mansley's Euclid, Martin's President, ditto Lord Morpeth, Hogg's Colonel of 

 the Blues, ditto Lady Chetwode, Willmers Solander. 



Rose Flakes. — Brooks's Flora Garland, Harvey's Maria, Ely's Lovely Ann, 

 ditto Lady Ely, Pullen's Queen of England, Harrison's Lady Milner. 



Red Pirotees. — Meadley's Sarah ("not yet out), Willmer's Duke of Cornwall, 

 Orson's Queen Adelaide, ditto Eliza, Ely's Mrs. Homer, Barnard's Colonel 

 Foreman, Giddings's Don John, ditto Teaser, Wildman's Isabella, Sharp's 

 Duke of Wellington, ditto Unique, ditto Hector, ditto Beauty. Wood's Earl of 

 Sandwich, ditto Queen Victoria. Holliday's Queen of England (not yet out). 



Purple Picolees. — Giddings's Miss Hennell, ditto Vespasian, Wood's Lord St. 

 John, Ely's Grace Darling, ditto Dr. Homer, Pullen's Lady Peel, Kirtland's 

 Queen Victoria, Pluperfecta, Crash's Queen Victoria, Dickson's Trip to 

 Cambridge, Briuklow's Hope, Heath's Superb. 



Rose and Scarlet-edge Picolees. — Barnard's Mrs. Barnard (not yet out), Waine's 

 Queen Victoria, Burrough's Sylph, Barrenger's Duchess of Bedford, Gidding's 

 Diana, Garret's Lady Dacre, Sykes's Eliza, Millard's Fair Ellen. 



On the Amaryllis. — Having more than once observed directions in the 

 Cabinet for the cultivation of Stove Amaryllis, which are likely, if my expe- 

 rience he correct, to prove very injurious to them, I am induced to send a few 

 remarks thereon. The point I allude to is the direction to repot them as soon 

 as they show flower, or hefore they begin to grow. When first I cultivated 

 Amaryllis I pursued this plan, to the destruction of many of my bulbs; and 

 whenever I have recurred to it since, or seen it tried by others, the same effect, 

 either of complete or partial decay, has followed. If Amaryllis be shifted into 

 fresh pots, either soon after the leaves die offj or just before they begin to grow, 

 the whole of the young roots perish, and decay so begun extends to the coats of 

 the bulbs, forming a canker, which it is almost impossible to cure. The manage- 

 ment which I recommend is invariably to re-pot such bulbs as require it when 

 their foliage is in full vigour or still growing, say in June or July, or earlier, 

 according to the treatment they have received. When the foliage dies at the 

 tips, water should be gradually withheld, and the bulbs kept dry till the flower- 

 buds appear. When the stem is half grown, water may be administered very 

 moderately ; but the plant should not have much till its leaves are six inches 

 long. I find the very strongest loam, almost resembling clay, is best suited to 

 these plants, and of course the pots should be well drained. As far as I have 

 obseived, most Amaryllis make root at the end of summer ; and it is in the fibres 

 thus made that the deposit of sap takes place to supply the future flower. 



A. Peterson. 



Potter's Liquid Gu.vno. — For the last three mouths I have applied Potter's 

 Liquid Guano to my general stock of the best greenhouse plants, and their 

 unproved appearance is truly astonishing. I give it three times a-week, a very 

 small proportion each time of watering. 



An Amateur Gardener. 



1 ) . banishing Ants. — I tried the plan of dieting common flour sulphur over 

 ants with a view to kill ihcm. but in this have failed ; it. however, had the effect 

 wholly to banish them, for, although I turned over the soil in the melon bed, and 

 examined the neighbouring places not one ant could be found. I have tried it 

 in several situations, and it invariably banishes them. It equally affects black 

 and red ants. P. M. 



