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circumstances, it has. Passiflora edulis and P. laurifolia fruit abundantly under 

 the same treatment as the Granadilla. They may be procured at 2s., or 2s. G</. 

 each at most. — Conductor.] 



On Budding Rosks. — Being a novice in the art of budding roses, I shall feel 

 much obliged if either yourself, or any one of your numerous correspondents, 

 will kindly inform me what is the best way of pruning the stocks. I have now 

 procured two hundred, having last year's shoots left five or six inches long. 

 Should these be left, so that when they put out in summer I shall bud on two 

 years' old wood, or is it better to prune the stock to a single straight stem, and 

 theu bud on the wood of one summer's growth. X. X. 



[An article on the subject is inserted in the Number for April, 1842, Vol. x., 

 to which we refer our correspondent for the entire process, extracting only the 

 following : — " Transplant strong, clean, straight stocks, as just mentioned ; cut 

 them over at a height to suit your taste, say from three to six feet; and c ncr 

 the wounds with a cement, diiections for making which will ensue. In the spring, 

 when they begin to shoot out, rub off all buds but three or four at the top, so 

 situated as to promise an uniform head. Carefully pinch off fresh buds, which 

 arise afterwards, and remove suckers as soon as they appear. In the progress 

 of summer the stocks will require to be staked, and demand continued attention 

 to the disbudding of them (of other shoots which push) and the regulation of those 

 rc'ained for budding upon." •• Early in July displace the thorns where it is de- 

 signed to make incisions for the huds." 



" Summer budding should not he commenced before August, although tole- 

 rable success may attend the execution of it in July. But worked thus early 

 (July) a portion of the buds will commence growing the same season, at a period 

 when it is too late to ripen their wood sufficiently before the commencement of 

 frost, and thus be likely to sustain injury, or be wholly destr jyed."' 



Our correspondent will see that if the stocks be high enough for the purposes 

 desired when planted, that the head of the stock should he cut off below ihe 

 shoots already existing, so that new ones (which are necessary for budding upon) 

 may be produced the following season. If, however, anv stock would be too low 

 to serve designed purposes, if the present head was cut off, then prune back the 

 existing shoots to one bud each, which, on pushing, will furnish new shoots for 

 budding upon next August. — Conductor.] 



On White Flowers, &c. — A constant subscriber to the Cabinet begs to be 

 informed in the next Number what are the names of half a dozen of the best 

 hardy showy while perennials, as the inquirer has too few while flowers in her 

 ornamental flower-garden. She cares more about the pureness of the white and 

 s:ze of flower than newness of soits. 



Is American Groundsel always an annual? 



What is meant by plants being herbaceous ; is it that they die to the ground 

 like Salvia patens^ An answer by the Conductor will oblige. 



Linuin monogynum. 

 Lilium japonicum. 

 Phlox omnifiora. 



tardifiora. 



suaveolms. 



Achillea ptarmica, double. 



Campanula glomerata, single and 



double white. 

 Campanula latifulia, single and double 



white. 

 Campanula pcrsic afolia alba. Pyreth- 



ruui, double Feverfew. 



[The above are all pure while, and can be readily obtained at a very low price. 



The double-flowered groundsel (Senecio elegans) is easily kept from year to 

 year, by taking ofl slips in August, and striking them in pots, preserving them 

 in a cool frame or greenhouse through winter. 



IIkru.ueous, when the stems die down annually. — Conductor.] 



