68 MISCELLANKOUS INTELLIGENCE, 



I agree with the writer in the Gardener's Magazine, vol. 9, page 48, that we, 

 like other professsions, ought to have the pretenders closely examined, and 

 subjected to the rigid scrutiny and examination of an " Horticultural Hall." 

 Chkhley Hall, March 20, 1833. Wm. Whiddon. 



QuEKY. — I should be very glad if any of your readers would give for inser- 

 tion in the Florist's Magazine, a short article on the treatment of that beautiful 

 little plant the Lechenaultia formosa. I have lost seven plants since last 

 October, which were at that time quite healthy and very full of blossoms. I 

 have kept them in the warmest situation in the greenhouse, but have failed to 

 preserve them. 



April 2d, 1833. John Beix. 



Query. — I find the Guernsey Lily deteriorates with me the same as Hya- 

 cinths do, and becomes weaker each successive season. If any of the readers 

 of the Floricultural Cabinet are acquainted with a mode of cultivating them 

 for several succeeding years, so as to flower luxuriantly, I should be greatly 

 obliged by a communication ou the mode of treatment. 



East Lodge, Hants, April \Qth, 1833. J. Price. 



Query. — I have a plant of Elichrysum prollferum, which is getting old and 

 unsightly, I have tried for several years to raise a plant from a cutting, but have 

 uniformly failed, will you, or some of your correspondents, knowing the mode 

 of raising plants from cuttings, favour me with the particulars thereof. 



Alpha. 



Query. — The Florists of Cambridge will be much obliged if you, or any 

 of the subscribers to your new publication, will give them any information 

 respecting the regulations or rules that were to be drawn up and adopted by 

 the Florists of Manch."ster and its vicinity, by which Florist's Flowers were to 

 bejudged. We understood that it was principally intended for the guidance 

 of censors at all future shows, which we thought highly desirable, as we find 

 so much uncertainty and diversity of taste, that uniformity is whollyout of 

 the question, as regards the merit of the flowers in the opinion of the censors. 

 Wishing every success to your i^Zor(CM?/Hra? Cabinet. Hannibal. 



P.S. I shall endeavour, at the earliest opportunity, to throw out a few hints 

 for the guidance of the junior Amateur Florists, should you think them worthy 

 a place in your Cabimt. [We shall be much obliged by the promised favour 

 of our Friend.] 



Remarks. — I beg leave to ofl'er a few remarks on the first number of 

 vour periodical for your consideration. I do not like your first title, " The 

 Floricultural Cabinet," it appears quite unnecessai-y and is very inappro- 

 priate. What has a Cabinet to do with a Flower Garden f The second title, 

 " The Florist's Magazine," is very preferable, as it conveys at once a correct 

 idea of the work aud is quite sufficient. I do hope, therefore, that you will 

 confiue it to the latter title. In a work of prescribed limits like the present 

 condensation is csscntialli/ neccssanj. If your correspondents are too luxuriant, 

 you can easily apply the pruning knife. In your first article for instance, the 

 pith and marrow of the long story of cultivating Dahlias might have been 

 given in a single page, or Kss. I like your reviews much; they are instruc- 

 tive and useful. I liope you will confine the Magazine to its particular object, 

 and not overwhelm us with plans of hothouses, greenhouses, &c. ; these are 

 nothing more than advertisements, and ought to be transferred to wrappers 

 accordingly. They are useless to 9-lOths of those persons likely to become 

 vour readers. A monthly list of the hardy plants and bulbs in flower upon 

 the plan of the list in p. 21, would be of very great use to young beginners, 

 particularly if given prospectively. Withresjiect to the plates, I must say the 

 tirst is vile in the extreme. One good plate like those in Sweet's Florist's 

 Guide, of a new and really fine flower, would be worth a hundred such as the 

 above. And as to your jiiate at page 20, my copy is very carelessly coloured ; 

 Rot only is it daubed, but colours are omitted which are necessary to delineate 



