110 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



As the time for sowing Annuals is so fast approaching, I should he obliged by 

 a speedy answer. 



London, Mar. 16, 1840. Kalmia. 



[We have procured very considerable quantities from the seedsmen who adver- 

 tise their lists, (see February and March advertising sheets,) and do not recol- 

 lect a single failure. We hesitate not to state that the integrity of the parties we 

 allude to is such, that they would not have recourse to a practice of the character 

 described by our correspondent], — Conductor. 



ANSWERS. 



On Arnott's Stove. — In reply to the inquiry of your correspondent, signing 

 himself Surreynensis, I beg to say I have for two years tried Dr. Arnott's Stove 

 in my greenhouse with perfect success — the thermometer ranging between 38 

 and 48 degrees. 



I light it at about 10 o'clock on every frosty night, 'and find it alight at 9 in 

 the morning. My greenhouse is about 16 feet by 10, and my stove the smallest 

 I could procure. It is fixed at one end of the house, and the thermometer is 

 suspended in the centre. The floor is of wood, being supported on columns. 



Great Berkhanntead, Mar. 5, 1840. Rev. James Browne. 



In answer to F. J., page 37, February number, we annex the names of some 

 of the best new Dahlias for 1840, which we have seen. 

 Bloomsbury, Pamplin. 

 Beauty of the Plain, Sparry. 

 Argo, Widnall. 

 Penelope, Hedley. 

 Fair Rosamund, Parson. 

 Pickwick, Cormack. 

 Yellow Defiance, Cox. 

 Bishop of Winchester, Jackson. 

 Charles XII., Harrison. 

 President of the West, Whale. 

 Lady Middleton, Jeffries. 

 Grenadier, Jackson. 

 Henrietta, Begbie. 

 Vitruvius, Davis. 

 Windsor Rival, Begbie. 

 Scarlet le Grand, Winfield. 

 Elizabeth, Foster. 

 Phenomenon, Whale. 

 Recovery, Toward. 



Conductor. 



REMARKS. 



On Kyanized Wood in a Greenhouse. — In the notice which I sent you, and 

 which you inserted in your January number, I mentioned Kyanizing the wood, 

 without, however, giving any opinion whether that was advisable' or not. Since 

 I wrote you, I saw an article stating, that this, when used in the construction of 

 a greenhouse, had been found hurtful to the plants, particularly so to the Cal- 

 ceolarias. I cannot find the place where the statement is made, so cannot 

 refer to it, but as Corrosive Sublimate, which is employed in Kyanizing, is a 

 poison to plants, the use of it in preparing the wood appears inadvisable ; and I 

 observe your correspondent, J. R., in your March number, states the injurious 

 effects of Kyanized wood when employed for tubs for the larger plants. 



16/A March, 1840. Scotus. 



On Streptocarpis Rkxi. — I have seen several papers on the treatment of the 

 Streptocarpus Rexi in the open borders, but I hear that it is scarcely more com- 

 mon in gardens than it was several years ago. If planted where it can enjoy 

 shade, without being deprived of air, it produces its elegant blossoms in abun- 

 dance ; and when in perfection, it can hardly fail to be as great a favourite with 

 florists in general as it is with Commelina. 



