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shoots being tender are often destroyed by the severity of winter, and the old 

 plant in great danger of dying from it. Such instances have come under our 

 notice ; but when done as early as advised success will follow. We hope some 

 of our extensive Rose growers will furnish our correspondent with the list re- 

 quested. — Conductor.] 



On the brick Arnott's stove. — Your correspondent in his article upon the 

 " Brick Arnott's Stove," in the July number of the Floricultural Cabinet, invites 

 inquiries ; I will, therefore, with your permission, ask him a question or two, as 

 his description (for which I thank him, as will many of your readers) does not 

 exactly meet my case. The first is, what attendance does the stove in question 

 require; may it be left eight or ten hours without the fire going out, as the 

 common Amott stove may ? Is not the removal of the ashes, the stove being 

 actually among the plants, a great annoyance ? But the principal thing I would 

 ask is, does your correspondent think that a stove of this kind may be placed 

 with safety to the plants directly under the stage upon which they stand, in a 

 small house like mine, which is only 14 feet long and 10 feet wide, the shelving 

 running from end to end, and of course no other situation could be found for it. 

 Would a stove of the size described by your correspondent be too large to heat a 

 house of the above dimensions ? What are the dimensions of the house in which 

 your correspondent's stove is placed ? Would it be necessary that the flue 

 should be carried along upon the back wall, or may it make its exit at once, 

 being conducted from the stove direct through the roof ? Of what bore is the 

 earthen pipe used for the chimney ? 



Alt Saints, Norwich, July 16/A, 1840. N. S. 



On Black Sui.pij.uk. — In the " Floricultural Cabinet" for May, to which I 

 have been a subscriber from the first, at page 111, it is said that lime-water 

 mixed with black sulphur will extirpate the white bug in hot-houses. Query, 

 what is black sulphur ? we do not know it here. Should it not rather have been 

 black soap. As I am troubled with the American white bug, an answer in your 

 next magazine will oblige W. C. 



[The black sulphur is more generally known by the chemists as sulphur 

 vivum, or horse sulphur. It is the impure residuum left in the vessel after pre- 

 paring sublimed sulphur. It is often used by veterinary surgeons. If our cor- 

 respondent cannot procure the sort, we will with much pleasure send a portion 

 by post on receiving his address. — Conductor.] 



On blooming Lii.iusi speciosissimum and L. Japonicum. — Having a" few 

 plants of Lilium speciosissimum and L. Japonicum these three years, without 

 flowering, I would thank you for directions for their successful management. 

 They are growing rather strong this year ; would you recommend, as soon as the 

 leaves die down, to take up the bulbs and re-pot them ? I am sure a good 

 many of your readers would be glad to get good practical instructions for the 

 culture of those beautiful plants. W. G. B. 



Cork, 15 ih August, 1840. 



[We have seen very vigorous plants of the Lilies at Mr. Groom's, Florist, 

 Walworth ; and he informs us " that as soon as the leaves have died down, water- 

 is wholly withheld, so as to allow the roots to rest till October, when they are 

 re-potted in rich loam and peat." By this attention we have seeu splendid 

 specimens in flower in his greenhouse. Some additional remarks on these and 

 other fine lilies we will obtain and give in our next October number, so that our 

 correspondent's wishes shall be fully met. — Conductor.] 



On obtaining perfect seeds op Geraniums and Fuchsias, &c. — Will you, 

 or some of your readers, answer the following queries ? I have a small collection 

 of Geraniums, Fuchsias, &c. I wish to know the reason why I can't get the 

 seed from them. I have had Fuchsia seed stop on till about half ripe, and 

 then they drop off'. Whether Geraniums would keep in a frame out in the garden 

 all winter, if the pots where plunged above the rims in dry saw-dust, and the 

 frame covered up with mats. A Beginner. 



Northampton, July 29 th, 1840. 



[Gerauiums and Fuchsias erfect seeds very freely if duly attended to. If 



