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On Autumn flowjvRing Annuals for the Greenhouse, &c. — In the 

 monthly Flun'cultiiral Calendar for August you state, " many sorts of Auiiuals 

 now suwu in ]>ots will blouiu during' Autumn, and make a fltie show /or a 

 greenhouse." Now ( take it for granted there arc others besides myself who 

 are totally unacquainted with the habits and growth of a very numerous class 

 of Annuals ; for the iuforniatiou of such persons, perhaps you will have the 

 goodness to insert in the next number of your Florist's Magazine, a concise 

 list of those Annuals to which you have thus previously alluded. 



Dai/swater, Auijust loth, 1833. A Scbsckiber. 



[Note. — We did not receive the above communication till September 2nd, 

 or we should have attended to the request iu our September Number. — 

 We are sorry it so happened, as the advantage of the present season 

 cannot be embraced. The following sorts of plants, among many others, 

 will be found to answer the purpose stated iu our calendar. The seeds 

 should be thinly sown iu pots, in which they are to remain without trans- 

 plautiug; the pots should be placed in heat till the plants are up, and 

 afterwards be kept in a warm out-door situation, and be well attended to 

 with water. About the middle or end of September, "regulated by the 

 coldness or mildness of the season," the pots should be placed in the 

 greenhouse, and the plants hereafter naoKd we know will bloom freely 

 till the middle or end of November.- — Anagallis iudicum; Ageratum 

 augnstifolum ; Browallia elata, blue and white varieties; Do. elongata; 

 Do. graudidora; Calceolaria pinnatus; Calendula pUuialis; Calliopsis 

 bicolor; J)o. Atkinsouia; Clwkia pulchella, rose and white varieties; 

 Cleome roseum ; Iberis umbellatum; Kaulfussia amelloides; Lychnis 

 roseum; Madia elegaus; Minmlus floribundus; Mignonette; Petunia 

 nyctiginiriora; Salpiglossis Barclayaua, hybrida and other species; 

 Scizanthus piunatus, porrigens, retusus; Valerianella congestum; Ver- 

 bena aubletia ; Seuecio elegaus, all the varieties ; Larkspurs, tall branch- 

 ing and dwarf varieties. — Conductor.] 



An anonymous correspondent in page 47, has made inquiry about the me- 

 thod of treatment required with Levick's Incomparable tipped Dahlia, in order 

 to have it produce tipped flowers. I have a plant of the sorts growing in poor 

 soil, which 1 had been advised to cultivate it in, and although there is abun- 

 dance of blossoms, all are of dull red, not a single tipped bloom. I beg the 

 favour of Mr. Lkvick, the raiser of the plaut, or some correspondent who 

 knows the art of suitable culture, to favour us with the mode of culture. 



Pimlko, Sept, 3rd, 1833. Jouit EiiORr. 



ANSWERS. 



On the NaTcre of Soils, &c. — In reply to your correspondent W. W. J., 

 (page in,) relative to a description of the various kinds of soils named iu 

 Ills Query, I herewith send yon a concise description of thuir nature, aud a 

 few observatious concerning where they are generally to be found; also the 

 method of preparing them for use. Loam, peat, and sand seem to be the 

 three requisites for our purpose ; to which we occasionally add rotted dung, 

 and vegetable mould. From this mixture composts may be mude to suit all 

 plant-s. — First, of loam. This is a loose, friable kind of earth, the constituent 

 particles of which crumble and separate easily iu the hand ; it is of various 

 textures, the strongest approaching a clay, aud so down in several shadeij, 

 until the lightest becomes nearly similar to sandy peat; it is found of dittVr- 

 cnt colours, viz. reddish, black, yellow, &.c. ; sometimes it partakes of a sapo- 

 naceous quality, approaching to a marie; this when predominant is not re- 

 commendable lor general use, yet there are some articles for which it may be 

 nwil with success. Red or yellow seems to be the natural colour of niaideu 

 loam, as either will change to black as they becouiu more or less mixed with 

 other extraneous substunces, such us dung, ice. Tlierefore, to have it pure, 

 which ik very material, one should pre'er either of these, if they can be con- 

 veniently procured. The placiti to look for this kind of earth are generally 

 in lields that have not been broken lor a long series of years; ulsoiiheep dowiiK 

 «r commouB, most rre<|Ufiilly running in dry bauks, it-s strata urc ot vuxiuiu 



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