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which I have referred; hut I douht whether the first-mentioned 

 cause be enough, in itself, if care be taken to guard against the 

 others. In my own experience I have sedulously watched the 

 management of a Fuchsia in the circumstances mentioned, and 

 thought that every precaution was taken against either over or under 

 watering, while I have, nevertheless, been disappointed at finding 

 that I could not preserve the flower buds. Thence, I conclude 

 there must be other causes in operation, independent of the quantity 

 or regularity of water supplied. Tlie regulation of the air, it will 

 be said, is the next point. True, and I have not omitted this — that 

 is, in giving to the plants, during summer, as well as at other 

 seasons, all the air possible, consistent with the use of the apartments 

 in, question. 



The object of the inquiry, at which I have thus hastily pointed, 

 is to ascertain what are the causes (beyond these inevitable ones 

 already noticed, and I exclude all the notice of gas) which impede the 

 bloom, or cause the entire dropping off of the flower buds of plants 

 in rooms where the strictest attention is paid to the watering and 

 airing of the plants. To the amateur florist this is an inquiry of 

 much interest, and while I hope that these hasty remarks may be the 

 means of calling forth some scientific explanation of the causes to 

 which I have referred, they may possibly induce some of your many 

 readers, who have time and opportunity, to give their attention, in the 

 way of experiment, to a useful and interesting subject. 



New Manures. — An equally interesting subject for experiment 

 by amateur florists, would be in the guano, and other new and 

 powerful manures lately introduced to use in agriculture. Amidst 

 the pursuits of the florist, where rich and vigorous bloom, even, in 

 many cases, at the sacrifice of the plant for the year, is so much an 

 object, a vast deal w ill, some day or other, be done with these power- 

 ful auxiliaries, and those having time and opportunity ought to be at 

 their experiments, and not be shy to communicate the results 

 through such channels as yours. Much is to be done in this way, 

 and the only caution necessary is to be sparing in the application of 

 the powerful stimulants in the first trials. 



With best wishes to you for the stimulus you have aided in giving 

 to these innocent and interesting pursuits, I am] 



Scotus. 



