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 PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



A friend of mine informs ids that many of the Cactus Tribe of Plants can 

 be made to bloom twice in tbe course of one year, and that each successive 

 one they will do the same; but he does not know the means that are em- 

 ployed. I shall, therefore, be glad if any of the readers of the Cabinet, who 

 knows the method of management, will give me a few hints on the subject, 

 and also, if the various kinds require a different treatment I 



York, Xov. 6&. A. Z. 



On the Treatment of Hyacinths, &c., After Blooming in Water. 

 — I am much obliged to several of the correspondents of the Cabinet, for the 

 information respecting Heliotropes and Myrtles, and I trust, now, some one 

 will be kind enough to give me instructions for the treatment of Hyacinths, 

 Narcissii, Sec, ajter they have been blown in water. I always purchase 

 some line roots in autumn, and my flower stand is much admired through 

 the early spring, or indeed winter, but I am quite at a loss what to do with 

 them when the flowers fade. Should the stalk be allowed to wither, or rather 

 cut off; and then should they be potted, or put in the borders to strengthen ; 

 and if dried, by wtm t means. I know they will not flower again for a season 

 or two, in water, nor perhaps even in earth, but my bulbs generally die. I 

 also wieh to know the proper compost for Tigridias, as that in the garden is 

 rather a rich heavy soil, and they do not bloom well in it. The Floricnllnral 

 Cabinet is a most agreeable and welcome little volume. The information is 

 so accurate and general, and the convenience of asking information, and the 

 readiness with which it is communicated, is perfectly delightful. I am very 

 anxious for the answer to " A Reader," from Stoneleigh, as the reader has 

 put the very questions for a succession of flowers, that I intended to have 

 done, being equally desirous of my garden being stocked with beauties, suc- 

 i c .ding each other. Mi'liTELLA. 



Vicarage, Nov. 21st, 1S34. 



On Ec'CREMOCARPUS scaber. — I shall he much obliged if any corres- 

 pondent of the Floricullurol Cabinet will inform me, when is the proper time 

 to sow tin' seed of Kecremocarpus seaber; whether this year's seed (1831), 

 or that of 1833, is the best, as I find it most difficult to raise plants. An 

 early answer to this my first request will ni.'.ch oblige, 



Carmarthenshire, Sov. 3d, 1834. An Avowed Admirer of Flora. 



<>\ Changing the Colour of the Rose. — I should be greatly obliged 

 if the Conductor of the Floriculture! Cabinet, or any of its readers, will inform 

 me if the following account (which lias been told me) be true, via., " That if 

 a bud from a rou bee be inserted into a black currant bush, or common 

 brambb . ii changes the colour of the roses to a black. 



Flos. 1'erraria. 



<>n Causations. — Will any of the readers of the Flvriculliira! Cabinet in- 

 form me tin- name and address of the Professional Florist, who is In tbe 

 habit of sending out the most properly laved and cleanest Carnation plants, 

 I am induced to ask tin--, because I have lately received plants from one who 



considered respectable and experienced, which were not only filthy with 

 aphis, but layered at the sixth or eighth joint, instead of the second or third, 

 and those long joints too. I( i, tmr they were rooted, but I know, and the 

 Florist also knows will, that it will be a difficult matter to propagate the 

 sorts: , bj laying, from suoh plants. R. i.-Pi 



