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PART III. 





MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On the Treatment required for raising a Variety of Seeds, &c.— 

 Having been indebted to the Floricultural Cabinet for much useful and 

 pleasing information, I am induced to request the favour of an answer to the 

 following queries. Which is the best method of raising the subjoined list of 

 seeds? — Which of the seedlings will require the greenhouse, and which will 

 bear the open border.'— How should the water plants be manajed ?— What 

 soil will each sort require?— Are any of them annuals 1 



Seeds from the East Indies. 

 Bignonia spathacea. 

 Njmphiea Lotus, 



■ cyania. 



Nelumbuim speciosum. 

 Melaleuca Leucodendron. 

 Hedysarum (from Nepaul). 



— paniculatum. 



purpureum. 



Hibiscus violaceus. 

 Indigofera fragrans. 

 ('i)iivul vuhis penicillatus, 

 Artemisia elegans. 

 Pavonia odorata. 

 B 'liinia Candida. 

 Klodia puhhella. 



From the Cape of Good Hope, 

 Podalyria Styracifolia. 

 Curtisiafaginea. 

 Nymphrea ccerulea. 

 Crotolaria elegans. 

 Solanum gigantium. 

 Tafnia triflora. 

 Melianthus coccineus. 



major. 



Loucospermum tottium. 



Fsoralea odoratissima. 



Erica imbricata. janlav 



pulchella. f[Jfw m}d 



tubiflora. : j VJ8W jM( j 



canaliculata. .j»rraiU» 



An early answer to the above, in the Cabinet, will rqueh_abl/ga, . 



-i f.ibaU oa uoiMrWiftWi 



I Note.— Sow the seeds in a mixture of sandyiifiOtJa^ddoanijadbtJleipotesM 



trell drained. The seeds must be depositsadri ae{Sth.|jrQpxmfco^ecL'to7ttiBit 



sl» — the email seeds, only just corei&ig^oat'joii/sight.saaidruatrlgaaver* 



finely sifted soil to cover them with. The surface ofithgbsoiJjpjhoBldLbe 



gently pressed upon the seed* lay rmnftfaraf u bitA£itia4*wa»acACf,!tfa(s 



pots be placed in a steam pit, or hotbed; frame/ wliero ihov iwatjsconl* 



moderate, the seeds will vegetate, hotter tlmn in 'any etfaor TsitoationUssTbs 



surface of the soil must always bo kept moist, tiikaliHTpUuitsiriaTatetrach 



root, using warns water, a| 1 ].lvin K it.l6yirddona , ora,&ie syri-ngiL^Mi'hiDrosf 



oi tha queries win be ansmjred next morithi+-Cosro»c'WnW]io ; (qo bmt)* 



<>n the CAuru.n. I sDcraW i,,1 obliged l,v being informe'cP^tlro 



pro,,,., time for grafting the Camellia;— the maniier'of ]>.i forming trint oiio' 



ration, and also the best time to plant them out 111180? 'a'Worr *ff "the^dpen 



a '/'. , ( u , ™ . A SUBSCRIBER. 



' mterbury, March 23<Z. 



List or Pelargoniums.— A list of some of the best kinds of Pelargo- 

 .»""»>. with a statement of the prices at which they aro offered for salo 



oi-.,., ,, , ' Saaoft 



>.-.-Il any oomspondunt would furnish me with u Jin .,< 



a Kh ki/.v twill imd Ivw /•//rut,, porpHUJahi of diil'.-j^^opiojttv/i'rtt.l^lrt una* 



auiwtoas, ho would v ,i. v mucA.oWijm mv, W, B.. , 



, with a statement of the prices at which they aro offered for salo 



« wl.ai vo.i l,av,- i.is.Ti.-.l, lr„ m a rorresponKeK^ tM ©ATffl^ at 



), tfriuld be Ifigolj ; o,',j,i;,l,],. M : ,*Jfi^5ftyV4 



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