308 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Tagetes Tenuifolia. — This is one of the best orange-coloured annuals for 

 flower-beds with which I am acquainted. The plants were moved out of puts 

 about the end of June.; they were then six inches in height, and in bloom ; they 

 soon covered the ground, and have been full of bloom ever since. To its other 

 qualifications, this plant possesses the good property of not looking littery, for 

 as soon as the flowers begin to fade, the shoots branch out again with a new crop 

 of flower, and hide the decaying blooms. It is now a dense mass, about a foot 

 in height, and though the majority of other flowers are fading from the effects 

 of cold, this continues as fresh and blooming as ever. The leaves have a vevy 

 agreeable balsamic scent. 



On Japan and other Lii.iks. — November or early in December is the latest 

 to pot off the beautiful Japan lilies, and no greenhouse ought to be without them 

 in summer. Such as L. cancifolium album, punctatum, speciosum rnbrum, and 

 cruentum variety. Also L. japonicum concolor, longiflorum, eximium, testa- 

 ceum, and Thunbergianum. A rough, but good, sandy, fibrous heath soil, is the 

 best to grow them in. When potted, place them in a cool pit, frame, or the cool 

 part of a greenhouse, so that they are kept from frost. 



A London Practitioner. 



Fumigating Houses, Frames, &c. — Most gardeners know by experience what 

 it is to suffer from the effects of flower-pot and bellows fumigation. I think I 

 have now fully remedied the evil. I dissolve a quantity (say 1£ oz. to a large 

 house) of saltpetre in water, and soak brown paper in it, (old linen answers too.) 

 after drying it in the sun, I spread tobacco thinly over as many sheets of the 

 prepared paper as I want for present use, and roll them up like a cigar very 

 tightly. In using them, I invert a number of flower-pots, on which 1 place the 

 rolls of tobacco, and light them at both ends, and then walk out, leaving them to 

 do the rest, which they do effectually. A little practice will dictate the quantity 



to be used. 



F. L., United Garde?iers' Journal. 



Regent's Park Gardeners' Society, October 30, 1845. — A paper was read, 

 which had been forwarded by Mr. Davis, of Cambridge, on forcing flowers in the 

 winter months. He advised, that in July and August selections of Pelargoniums, 

 &c., should be made, taking away all bloom-buds, to be re-potted, and the plants 

 be placed in a coal frame or pit, so as to have plenty of air. By this early pre- 

 paration the plants will have laid up a store of nourishment necessary in order to 

 insure the desired success when forced. The following plants were available for 

 the purpose : — Pelargoniums, scarlet and other kinds ; Heliotropes, Aloysia 

 citridora, Aloasoa grandiflora, Camellias, Coronillas, Salvias, Cinerarias, Persian 

 Lilacs, Azaleas, Rhodora Canallense, Rhododendrons, Kalmias, Sweet Briar, 

 Lily of the Valley, Pinks. Roses, Violets, &c. The bulbs of Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Iris, Narcissus, Crocus. &c, should be potted early in autumn, be placed in a 

 dark place, or be covered wiih tan. The seeds of Primula sinensis (the Chinese 

 Primrose), and Lobelia gracilis (the little trailing blue and white species), if 

 sown in March and April, and be kept growing in a cool situation, bloom very 

 usefully during winter, and Mignonette sown in August the same. Mr. Jones 

 thought, if Geraniums, &c, were cut down in summer, they could be grown to 

 come 3 in well in winter; he had found the Tom Thumb to be one of the best 

 varieties for forcing, from its retaining its short jointed and shrubby habit. 

 Siphocampylus was good ; and Hydrangeas, struck early in spring, and kept in 

 cool pits during summer, will be found useful. Mr. Cumming stated that 

 Myosotis palustris (Forget-me-not) succeeded well, and should be flowered in 

 winter. — Gardeners' Journal. 



Tkip to Paris in Search of Autumnal Roses. — Of the various floral im- 

 provements of modern times, nothing has probably produced such a beautiful 

 change in the appearance of our gaidens in autumn, or has been introduced 



