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PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



Succession Flowers, foe Beds, &c. — I have a small garden, contain- 

 ing twelve beds, laid out in a rectangular form, and am desirous of culti- 

 vating flowers in distinct masses in each bed. Will some of your correspon- 

 dents be kind enough to favour me, through the medium of the Floricultural 

 Cabinet, with a list of those best adapted for this description of gardening, 

 commencing from the present time, and laying down a plan of regular 

 succession for a year? 



IblhJan., 1835. X. Z. 



On the Arbutus. — I should be obliged to you if you can inform me, in 

 your publication, what you consider the best way of cultivating the Arbutus, 

 and what method and season for cutting it, is most likely to keep it bushy 

 near the ground? P. D. 



On some American Seeds. — Having received from the United States, a 

 quantity of flower seeds, I should be glad of information, through the medium 

 of the Floricultural Cabinet, of the proper time to sow them, and what sort 

 of soil will be the best. I subjoiu a list of the names : — Hibiscus, Lotus or 

 Quaker Flower, Argemone Mexicana, Coreopsis, Ambrosia, South Carolina 

 Kidney -bean Tree, Silk Plant, Red Bud, or Judas Tree, Cypress Vine, or 

 Quamclite, American Comelina, Flowering Bean, Variegated Euphorbia, 

 American Centaurea. A compliance with the above request in an early 

 Number will greatly oblige S. Wood. 



On Conveying Dahlia Flowers, &c. — If some reader of the Cabinet, 

 would forward for insertion therein, at an early opportunity, a description of 

 a method of carrying Dahlia blooms to a distance without sustaining injury, 

 it would greatly oblige 



Ackworlh. A Constant Reader. 



REMARKS. 



Tyso's Catalogue. — As usual, this Catalogue is excellent, and in this 

 year's Edition we perceive there are many new kinds added. The Catalogue 

 comprises upwards of 300 Ranunculuses, 90 of which are seedlings raised by 

 Messrs. Tyso & Son ; 160 Tulips, 89 Geraniums, 85 Carnations,57 Picotees, 

 54 Pinks, and also a quantity of Dahlias and Pansies. Messrs. T & Son 

 have raised above 100 superb varieties of Ranunculuses from seed; several 

 of which have been sold for £5 a root. They have also drawn up some very 

 excellent directions for the sowing of Ranunculus seed ; as well as subse- 

 quent treatment ; these are printed off on a single page, and a copy will be 

 inclosed in each packet of seed that they dispose of. — Cond. 



On Carnations. — Like your Correspondent, R. A. P., I bought Carna- 

 tions at five different places last year ; and, from four of them, I got^themost 

 filthy plants I ever saw. Those I had from Josh. Peapes, of Burnham 

 Market, Norfolk, were perfectly clean and properly layered; indeed, I never 

 saw finer plants. He has, I understand, a very fine collection. I am in- 

 duced to state this for the benefit of R. A. 1'., and others. I have no perso- 

 nal knowledge of J. Peapes, but I made the application to him in conse- 

 quence of seeing an advertisement of his in your Cabinet. 



Metropolitan. 



London, January 5th, 1835. 



