246 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



September Number, page 163. — An article on forcing Roses is just come 

 to baud, but too late for the present Number. 



Page 163. — Wistaria Conseqiiana (Ohjc'me Sinensis.) — The plant requires 

 abundance of room for its roots. If turned out iu a greenhouse or conserva- 

 tory, having a good loamy or peat soil, and be well supplied with water, it 

 will blossom profusely. In warm situations it will do well iu the open air, 

 training it, as a peach tree, against an open wall. 



Page 163. — On Plants for a Gravelly Situation, ^c. — We know of none to 

 answer the wishes of R. N. equal to the Spurge Laurel, or Perriwiuisle. 



October Number, page 184. — On blooming Cactus speciosissimus. — If the 

 pot be very full of roots, repot in a rich loamy soil, mixed with lime rubbish 

 from oft' old plastered walls, and drain well with potsherds. This will cause 

 the plant to iucrease in size; but it will prevent its flowering for the present. 

 After having ceased flowering very rapidly the plant should be removed from 

 the stove to an out-door situation in summer; and to the greenhouse if at a 

 season when too cold for being placed out of doors. After the plant has been 

 out a few weeks, and then be placed inthe stove heat, it will cause it to blossom 

 immediately. After the blooming is over it may be removed to a cool situa- 

 tion for a time, and be again introduced into the stove for flowering as before. 

 When repotting is required it should be done immediately after the plant has 

 ceased flowering. 



November Nimber, page 211. — On German and China Asters. — The 

 German Asters, being but improved varieties of China Asters, require the same 

 treatment. Sow in the last week of February on a slight hotbed, or in pots 

 placed in moist heat till the plants are up. Harden them gradually. When 

 large enough to prick out, they should be done either upon a slight hot bed or 

 border, where protection cau be given in case of necessity. Prick them from 

 four to six inches apart. In this situation they should remain till the weather 

 is settled enough to venture them in the situations intended for blooming in. 

 The soil of the border should be a fresh loam well enriched. "\\'ben thus 

 treated the plants will grow from two to three feet high, spreading proportion- 

 ably, and producing a profusion of flowers of a superior size. 



Page 211. — On Gladiolus cardinalis. — An article on its culture has been 

 sent us, and will appear ere long. 



Page 211. — On Nerium splendens. — The plant should be kept in a coo" 

 situation for a season, and then be brought into a high temperature, which 

 will cause it to shew blossoms; it must bloom in the same heat. After the 

 plant has done flowering, it should be repotted, kept cool during winter, and 

 taken into high temperature, as before. The plant requires a free supply of 

 water, always about the same temperature as the plant is placed in. Use 

 plenty of drainage in potting. The soil must be a rich loam. 



Page 211. — On taking up Tulips, .^r. — We have allowed roots of Tulips to 

 remain for twenty years without being taken up, any further than in autumn 

 to separate offsets from the parent root; this has only been required once in 

 six or eight years. Hyacinths will most likely answer the same way. The 

 Tulips we have so treated always bloom well. 



Page 211. — Oxide of Manganese, &ic. — Our practice, or observations, rela- 

 tive to the subject of enquiry, are not such as to lead us to state any satisfac- 

 tory and useful particulars. We will make experiment, and report the result. 



REMARKS. 



New Lilt. — Being a subscriber to your Floricullural Cabinet, I have many 

 times observed that you say you would feel obliged by any communications 

 respecting rare and exotic plants. I, therelore, send you a drawing arid a 

 description of a plant of the genus of Lillics, which I have in my possession. 

 It was raised from a seed which was brought from the Kast Indies in 1823. I 

 have only seen one plant of the same sort, and that was raised at the same 

 time as my own, and is in the possession of a relation of mine. I have not 



