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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



As plants are very liable to tlie off, seedlings should be raised every season. The 

 following are the best kinds : — 



P. argutum, blue. 



P. atropurpureum, dark purple. 



P. angustifolium, light purple. 



P. campanulatum, reddish purple. 



P. cobaea, white tinged with purple. 



P. crassifolium, bluish-lilac. 



P. diffusum, purplish-blue. 



P. digitalis, white. 



P. gentianoides, reddish-purple. 



P. coccineum, scarlet. 



P. gland ulosum, light blue. 

 P. glaberrimum, blue. 



P. grandiflorum, purple. 



P. latifolium, white and purple. 



P. Mackayanum, purple, yellow, and 



white. 

 P. Murrayanum, scarlet. 

 P. Ovatum, blue. 

 P. procerum, blue and purple. 

 P. pulchellum, bluish-lilac. 

 P. speciosum, fine blue. 

 P. Scouleri, purplish-lilac. 

 P. venustum, purple. 



On the Pansy. — In show Pansies is the pencilled eye or dark eye the most 

 esteemed ? 



Guernsey, January 13, 1843. A Subscriber. 



[If the properties in all other respects be equal, of course the other is a matter 

 of taste. Generally, however, preference is given to the dark eye. — Con- 

 ductor.] 



On the Heartsease. — Will the secretary of the Bexley Heartsease Society 

 have the kindness to explain what he means by the " simple and compound 

 flake" of a Heartsease or Pansy ? see page 261, last Number. I can under- 

 stand what the margin of a Pansy is, from having grown and admired such 

 flowers as " Thompson's Eclipse ;" I can also distinguish between " simple and 

 compound " interest ; and I know full well what the flake of a Carnation is ; 

 hut when this gentleman talks of the " simple and compound flake " of a Pansy, 

 he is altogether out of my depth ; and if he will condescend to enlighten me in 

 the January Number, he will no doubt confer an obligation on many new be- 

 ginners, and particularly on your constant reader, 



November 14, 1843. Ignoramus. 



The Tulip. — I am very fond of the Tulip, and as good Bizarres are scarce in 

 my locality, I will feel obliged if any amateur will give me a description of " Sir 

 Thomas Hammond," as I see it catalogued at a high price, and imagine it must 

 be good. I should also like to know by whom it was raised, or at least by whom 

 it was broke from the breeder. Attention to this will much oblige 



Northumberland, November 20, 1843- Dutch Ponckau. 



New Polyanthuses. — Having just seen that Mr. George Hudson of Kingston, 

 is advertising four new Polyanthuses, viz. Lady Grey, Lady Lincoln, Red Rover, 

 and Negro Boy, I would take it as a particular favour if he would oblige me and 

 the other readers of the Cabinet, by giving us a description of their respective 

 merits, similar to the descriptions which have already appeared in the Cabinkt. 

 There is much room for improvement in the Polyanthus, and no doubt, if those 

 new varieties are fine, they will meet with a ready sale. For my part, I shall be 

 happy to hear that they surpass all the existing varieties ; and if Mr. Hudson 

 has time to accede to my request he will confer a great favour on 



Felton Bridge-end, November 20, 1843. Wm. Harrison. 



On preserving Stocks and Wallflowers growing in the Border in 

 Winter. — I have some fine sorts of Stocks and double Wallflowers, growing in 

 the open beds, how am I to protect them through winter, as in former winters I 

 have usually lost the far greater portion ? R. H. P. 



