20 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



On the Culture of Cape Bulbs. — It will be conferring a 'great favour on 

 one of your earliest subscribers if you, or any of your numerous correspondents 

 will have the kindness to give some information, in one of the earliest Numbers 

 of the Cabinet, on the best method of treating the superior kinds of Cape Bulbs 

 so as to make them flower freely. I received a number last April from the 

 Cape, such as Brunsvigia multiflora, Josephina falcata, ciliaiis, pumila, &c. 

 Iliemanthus tigrinus, toxicarius, and puniceus, Cyrtanthus odorus and obli- 

 quus, Vallota purpurea major, Albuca filifolia, and several others. Last Oc- 

 tober I planted them, inserting about half the.bulb in the soil, in sandy peat. 

 B. Josephina has shot up a cluster of nine leaves nearly six inches high already ; 

 the others, with the exception of the Tigrinus, Vallota purpurea major, Veltheimia 

 viridifolia, and one or two others, have not yet moved, but the bulbs are quite 

 plump and fresh. I have hitherto watered them but sparingly, say about twice 

 a week, a little at a time over the top of the pots, would a little more moisture 

 be advisable? I received at the same time with the bulbs, a number of different 

 sorts of seeds from the Cape, which I immediately sowed in pots of light soil, 

 they nearly all grew and I have at present a great many very fine plants. I 

 have not the convenience of either hothouse or greenhouse, only a cool frame and 

 the sitting-room windows, to rear any of my flowers, I have enclosed a list of 

 the seeds, and perhaps you will be kind enough to insert a paper occasionally 

 in the ^Cabinet on the most approved methods of cultivating the different 

 sorts. 



December 1G, 1843. 



[Do not give more water than is named till the end of February. If there be 

 the convenience of a hot-bed frame at work, place the pots therein, and keep 

 the soil moist, not saturated ; the increased temperatuie will, in all probability 

 soon induce the bulbs to push, when an increased admission of air must gradually 

 be given. As soon as they exhibit flower stems they may be removed, if re- 

 quired, to the sitting-room or cool frame for blooming. We hope some one of our 

 readers, who successfully cultivates Ciipe Bulbs to some extent, will favour our 

 Correspondent with the detail of management, at an early opportunity. We will 

 endeavour to comply with the wishes expressed as to the articles on the culture 

 of the various plants named in the list received. — Conductor.] 



On Arums. — A few hints on the management of Arums in the January 

 Number will much oblige 



Felton, December 14, IS 43. Elizabeth. 



[There are stove, greenhouse, and hardy kinds. Those grown in pots require 

 a rich loamy soil, with abort one-third of peat added, and to have a free drainage. 

 The hardy kinds grow vigorously in the same sort of compost, taking care to 

 have a dry substratum. The wild Arum of this country flourishes best on dry 

 banks, hedge-rows, &c. — Conductor.] 



On Passiflokas, &c. — You will confer a favour on a constant subscriber to 

 your valuable magazine by answering the following in the January Number. 

 I have a vinery, which I commence forcing about the middle of February, and 

 am anxious to know whether I can successfully grow the " Passifiora quadrangu- 

 laris," (Granadilla.) Plants are kept in it during the winter, so that there is a 

 greenhouse temperatuie; will it survive the winter in this place ? there is a pit 

 inside, in which figs are planted ; could it not also 1 e planted at one corner of 

 the pit, and trained to some trellis fixed for the purpose? By answering the 

 above, stating the price per plant, and if any other l'assillora will fruit in the 

 same situation, will much oblige 



Doncaster, December 1, 1843. W. B. 



[Like other plants, it requires a season of rest, and the situation named will 

 aflbrd it in winter. The branches might be lowered at that season, and thus he 

 safely preserved from any casual injury which otherwise, though not likely, might 

 occur. Piant at the warmest part of the pit. With such precaution it will, no 

 doubt, succeed well. We have known several instances where, under similar 



