MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 109 



Os Raising the Tropozoi.um Tricoi.orum prom Seed. — In July, 1838, there 

 appears a query addressed to the Editor, or correspondents, of the Floricultural 

 Cabinet, requesting some information on raising the Tropceolum Tricolorum 

 from seed, (by a young amateur,) an answer to which I think has never ap- 

 peared. Like unto his plant, mine also has produced some very fine seeds, 

 some of which were sown as soon as ripe, and at other times since then, but have 

 not succeeded (to my great disappointment) in raising any plants, still the seeds 

 keep fresh. Are they a long time before they begin to vegetate ? or do they 

 require more heat than what is generally given to the mother plant P If you, or 

 any of your numerous correspondents, can give me any information on the sub- 

 ject, it will be thankfully received by 



Warwickshire, Feb. 23, 1840. A Constant Reader. 



On a Manure, and Pump Water. — As an original and constant Subscriber to 

 the Floricultural Cabinet, I beg to be favoured by an early answer to the following 



inquiries : — . . «.'•«. 



In cases where animal manure cannot be obtained, is there anything that can 

 in some degree (and what will best) supply the place of it, either in the kitchen 

 or flower garden ? > . 



Can pump water be in any way prepared or medicated, so as to render it as lit 

 for garden purposes as rain or river water, when those cannot be procured ? An 

 early reply by some reader will oblige 



Mar. 19, 1840. E - Y ' 



On Geraniums (Pelargoniums).— I hope your correspondent, Mr. Loudon, 

 will "ratify the readers of your useful publication with a descriptive list of some 

 of the most admired Geraniums of the last season/similar to that contained in the 

 March number of last year, viz. Firebrand, Sylph, Conservative, Magna Charta, 

 Vivid Viola, and others. I have a small collection of that beautitul class ol 

 plants. I shall be glad to profit by the judgment of your correspondent in select- 

 ing the addition to my stock for the present season. A compliance with this 

 request in an early number will much oblige 



Feb. 7, 1840. A Subscriber. 



A List ov Plants for a Room, &c— I shall feel particularly obliged if you 

 will furnish me, in your next Cabinet, with a select list of plants that will suc- 

 ceed best in a room, and whether they should be raised from seels or cuttings. 

 Can you also inform me what it is that is recommended in the Gardener s Maga- 

 zine vol xv. p. 248, for obtaining bottom heat, communicated by a person oi the 

 name of Gre<n>r ? I believe it is something new. Also, if there is any way oi 

 obtaining bottom heat by a simple apparatus, and at little expense ? I shall be 

 neatly obliged if you will give me the above information. 



Feb. 13, 1840. X - A Subscriber. 



A List op Greenhouse Creepers, &c— A subscriber will be much obliged 

 to the editor of the Cabinet if he will have the kindness to give him a list of the 

 names of the best kinds of Creepers for a greenhouse, where no vines are kept, 

 and what kinds will do in pots, and what soil is suitable for each ? Whether 

 Camellias do well at the back of a greenhouse, the best way to plant them, and 

 what kind of soil to plant them in ? An answer in the next month s number 

 will much oblige . 



Feb. 9, 1840. A Subscriber. 



On tih- Culture op the Clematis Siueoldu.— I should feel extremely 

 obliged to any one of the numerous readers of the Floricultural Cabinet, or to 

 the Conductor, in informing me the most successful mode of cultivating this 

 most charming plant. An early answer will oblige 



Qmnenbury, Mai: 17, 1840. J - »• 



On Annum. Seeds.— I should be much obliged to you, or any of your corre- 

 spondents, if you will recommend a good place for procuring Annual Seeds in 

 London, as I have been many times disappointed in the things I have purchased 

 of s.-veral seedsmen ; and I know many persons are inclined to impose, by sell- 

 ing last year's seeds, or those that are altogether bad. 



