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TULIPS. 



BlZAnHES. 



niewfait 



Washington 



KOSES. 



Triotnjihe Royale 

 Dolittle or Michael dc Lisle 

 Rose Vesta or Hebe 

 Rose Unique 



Siirpasse Catafalque 

 Trafalgar 



Surpasse La Cantique 

 Due de Savoie 



BYBI.OEMKNS. 



Boquct 



] ncomparable 



May Ni'MBEH, page 68. — Lechcnauhia fonnositm. — This plant requires to 

 be grown iu peat soil, having plenty of drainage iu the pot, and to plant it 

 tolerably high; the centre of the ball to be half an inch higher than the rim 

 of the pot. The plant must have very little water when it is not in a growing 

 state. It requires au airy part of the greenhouse. 



Page C8. — Elichrysum proliferum. — Cuttings strike very readily in moist 

 heat, faking lateral shoots about three inches long, cutting them otl" close to 

 the branch producing them. The plants should be grown in very sandy peat, 

 draining well, and potting high. When the plants are not in a growing state, 

 little water must be given. 



Page C8. — On an Assortment of Auriculas — .'in excellent selection of the 

 most superb kinds, may be obtained of Mr. John Rcvcll, Pitsmoor, Sheffield. 



JuLV Number, page 115. — AVe never saw Ericas (Heaths) prosper in 

 dwelling -rooms. They require at all times a very free admission of air, and 

 a much colder temperature than rooms are usually kept at. 



Page 1 15. — On Chrysanthemums, by Snowdrop. — We have not attempted 

 to obtain seeds, but suppose it will be readily obtained by causing the plants 

 to bloom as early in the season as possible. Impregnation of course must be 

 attended to, and keep the flowers from wet for a week or more after this 

 operation. We intend to give the result of some experiments we are making 

 in order to obtain seeds. The Indian Yellow, and Indian AVhite, bloom the 

 best by having three or four year old plants, and bringing them on to flower 

 early in the autumn. We never could bloom a plant raised the same year. 

 We hope some of our readers, who may be well acquainted with a successful 

 mode of blooming the above kinds, will favour us with the mode of treatment. 

 We had not tried the plan of putting oft' cuttings in August previous to the 

 present year, the suggestion of our correspondent leading us to it. 



Pace 115. — On Ccratonia sili(jua, St. JohnKi Bread. — The possibility of 

 fruiting the plant in this country is certain, if the plant has proper protection 

 and room to extend; but it would probably require a good sijacc in a conser- 

 vatory, and be unworthy the trial. \\'e have it growing in the open air, but 

 never expect to see it blossom or fruit. The plant belongs to the class Poly- 

 gamia; order, Triaicia. 'I'he flowers are apetalous, but the calyx is purple, 

 and thus exhibits a purple flower. The fruit crows from six to twelve inches 

 long, about one inch broad, something in the form of a long pod of the 

 common garden-bean. The fruit-pod is smooth ; the seeds are flat and broad. 

 'i'he fruit being gathered and dried, is very palatable, the pulp being sweet 

 and agreeable. 'I'he plant, it is said, abounds in Palestine, where there is 

 such plenty of it that it supplies abundance of food for swine, similar to our 

 acorns and beech-mash, as done in this country. The plant also grows in 

 Spain, near Naples, iu India, and other Eastern countries. 



AuciST NcMBER, PAGE Ml. — Wc beg to inform Mr. Tew that articles 

 are in hand on the treatment required with the plants named, and the com- 

 munications will appear in an early Number of the next Volume. 



Pa(;e 111. — Cactus .ipeciusissinius. — We have never seen the plant flower 

 when kept in a Kreenliouse .illcigether. It may be kept there at all times when 

 not reqinred U> be pushed into bloom ; but to eli'ect this, it will be necessary 

 to give it additional heut in sonic .situation. 



Page 1 II.— Oh W'alerini) Crecnhousc Plants.~Au article uill be given on 

 it in the January Number of our Cubincf. 



