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of young rooted runners, and put one iu a small pot, placing them In a green- 

 house, and others in a cool frame; but iu each case, nearly all I wished to 

 preserve died before spring. An Enquirer. 



Qlery. — I shall feel particularly obliged if any of your correspondents 

 will inform me, through the medium of the Floricullural Cabinet, how I am 

 to cultivate the Solandra graudiflora, so as to make it produce its splendid 

 flowers. St. Patrick. 



QcERV. — Can you or any of your readers inform me, what is the best 

 method to adopt iu cultivating the various sorts of Stocks, (Cheiranthus annua) 

 go as to obtain double flowers. I have been often told that if I gathered seed 

 from the single ones growing close to a double sort, my object would be at- 

 tained. I have tried it several times but could not find it so. How does it 

 happen that the doulh- blossom of this class of plants afttcts the single flowers? 

 1 shall be glad to hear on this subject. W. B. 



Blue HiUUANOEA.— About a twer.tj-.fifth part of iron filings, mixed in 

 loamy soil, 1 find always causes the Hydrangea to have blue instead of rose- 

 coloured flowers, but the iron pre%-ents the flowers being as large as when in 

 pure loamy soil ; can you inform me of a better method i Richard Tate. 



A SELECT LIST 



OF THE MOST HANDSOME FLOWERING ANNUALS. 



The following list of Annuals we insert in compliance with the request of 

 several Correspondents applying to us since we announced the publication of 

 our work. We have ourselves long felt that such a list as would givi; us a 

 ready reference of the description of annual flowering plants, would be of much 

 utility. In complying with the desire of our friends, we have inserted no 

 flowering plant in the list, but what we ourselves know to be really handsome; 

 although some of them are old sorts, we have not on that account thought they 

 should be omitted, some of such being among the most beautiful. The colour 

 of the flower, height of growth, and time of blooming are given, so that a selec- 

 tion of sorts may be made suited to situation and season of the year. We 

 intend from time to time as new annual flowering plants are introduced and 

 become known, to give lists of them with every particular desirable ; also lists of 

 new and handsome herbaceous, perennials, and bieum'als. Any information of 

 •ucb, and descriptions of, we shall be obliged to our friends to forward to us. 



TENDER ANNUALS, 

 Which require to be sown in February or early in March, in pots, and placed 

 in moist heat till the plants are up. The sorts succeed well planted singly in 

 pots, and kept in a greenhouse during summer. In sowing the seeds use at the 

 surface very finely sifted sell, and press it closely to the seeds. 



Where there are great numbers of varieties, the handsomest of them are 

 given, it being judged that many of them are not generally known. 



The height in feet, colour of flower, kc, is annexed ; P. pots, B. borders. 

 Browallia data, blue, 2ft. to 3ft., June, November, P. B. sandy loam. 

 Do. do. white, do. do. 



Do. demissa, blue. I ft. to 2ft., June, September, do. 



Do. elongata, blue and wliite, lit. to 2ft., do. 



Do. granUirtora. 



Celrtsia cockscomb. 



Do. crisLata, 2ft, to Ift., June, October, P. very rich loam ;niany varieties, 

 as, dwarf crimson, bull", yellow, golden, rose, tall red, branching, pyra- 

 midal, &.C. 



Ccutrycliuum rcflcxum, rose, 2ft., August, Septcmbtr, P. rich light loam. 



