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PART III. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On Seedling Carnations. — A constant reader will be much obliged by a 

 little information on the subject of seedling Carnations, having raised some of 

 these (from, she fears, bad seed), and they having all proved single. She will 

 be glad to be informed whether, if she kept them until the following summer, 

 they would be likely to become more double. An answer in the next number 

 of the Cabinet will much oblige 



July 8th. Eqeria. 



[The single ones will not become double. If there be any that are semi- 

 double, such may become double when treated as Carnations in general are.— 

 Conductor.] 



On the Wire-Worm. — Can you, or any of your correspondents, inform me 

 the best method of destroying the wire-worms, as, with me, they eat everything 

 that they meet with. I had been told that hops strewed over the ground was a 

 very effective plan ; but, on trial, instead of destroying them, I found that they 

 fattened the more from it. I must confess, however, that it brought them more 

 readily to the surface of the ground, so that the plan adopted may be more pro- 

 perly termed a trap than a poison. I am informed there is a solution, a chemical 

 mixture, that when applied to the ground brings them to the surface, like the 

 earth-worm, with the solution of corrosive sublimate. This year I have lost 

 nearly the entire stock of two beds of Pinks, all my Picotees and Carnations, 

 and a great number of my seedling and named kinds of Dahlias. An early 

 informa'ion as to a successful remedy will oblige 



Leipsic-road, Camberwell. C C. Clark. 



P.S. I have a great quantity of Ranunculus seed, which is three years old. 

 Is it better, or otherwise, being so long kept P 



[It is most probable that very few, if any, will now vegetate, and such as do 

 will have derived no benefit by the long keeping. — Conductor.] 



Achimeneses. — -I have procured nearly all the new Achimeneses. How am 

 I to succeed with them the coming autumn and winter ? A. B. 



[When the plant ceases to bloom withhold water, place them where they will 

 be dry and free from frost ; keep them so through winter. Early in February 

 give them a good watering, place them where they can have heat, say in a 

 cucumber-bed frame, &c. The plants will soon push ; then separate them from 

 the parent stock, potting them singly into small pots, and repot as necessary. 

 See articles on culture in former numbers. — Conductor.] 



REMARKS. 



LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, REGENT STREET. 



August Gih. — The exhibition included several objects of great interest. Two 

 magnificent specimens of Fuchsia exoniensis were contributed by Mr. Ayres, 

 gardener to J. Cook, Esq. This Fuchsia is well known to produce flowers of the 

 finest colour and best form ; but when it was shown at a former exhibition, some 

 doubts were entertained with respect to its habit of growth. These plants were 

 upwards of five feet high, and their gracefully drooping branches, covering the 

 pot, were loaded with blossoms, and were clothed from top to bottom with 

 abundance of fine healthy foliage. From the same gardens were Pehtas carnea 



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