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many of the new ones were to be obtained, and in all probability many 

 other persons are similarly circumstanced. I am induced to offer a sugges- 

 tion or two for the consideration of the growers of Dahlias, which has struck 

 me, as likely to be beneficial to their interest, at the same time gratifying 

 tu tin- public if adopted, aud if you think them worth a place in the Flori- 

 oultvral Cabinet, you will oblige me by their insertion. — I would suggest the 

 appointment of a Centrical Committee, composed of several large growers in 

 the environs of London, who should regulate the prices of Plants, or resolve 

 at a meeting in the blooming season, either in London or at Salt-hill, that 

 the prices should be fixed by scale, as for instance : — 



all other named flowers worth cultivating Is. 6d. — Bulbs to be of the price 

 of plants the previous season. — That the Centrical Committee should settle 

 and approve of all Catalogues before they are printed, and fix a day when 

 they should be circulated. That Branch Committees be appointed at Shef- 

 field, Cambridge, Salisbury, and other places, all through the country, who 

 should receive catalogues for approval, and forward the same to the Centri- 

 cal Committee for approbation and publication. The Centrical Committee 

 to publish the Catalogues stitched up in books, and forward copies to the 

 Branch Committees for circulation, at the same time appointing a place in 

 London, where they might be obtained by the public. That each of the 

 Committees forward to the subscribers in their district, a certain number of 

 copies. The expenses of the publication to be borne by subscribers — those 

 persons who publish catalogues to become subscribers. If the trade generally 

 support some such a course, the subscriptions would be very trifling, and 

 greater publicity would be given to the Catalogues, and the cultivation 

 beoome eren more extensive than it is at this time. — I should be glad to 

 hear the opinion of some large grower on these suggestions, as there could 

 !»• but very little difficulty orexpence attending some such arrangement. 

 March ()lh, 183.5. A West Countryman. 



ANSWERS. 



Reply to W. T, p. 91.— In answer to your querist W. T., in the April 

 .Number, respecting the watering of his Carnations, I have to say that warm 

 rains are far preferable to water applied in any other way. W. T. undoubt- 

 edly finds sorao management required to keep them all equally moist, as those 

 round the sides of his frame require water long before those in the middle; 

 therefore, if he neglect to change these frequently, his plants will part bo 

 nth-ring from drought, and part from excess of water; and betwixt these 

 extremes, he trill bare few in a proper stale. When it becomes necessary 

 t" water by hand, never wet the foliage, but give it direct upon the mould. 



Innovator. 



Rl i-i.v to A. U., p. 1 IC— I have to Inform A. B., of Ross, that it matters 

 not how much lime he uses, provided it is quite fresh from the kiln. Water 

 will take up only a certain quantity; he therefore cannot make it too strong. 

 1 1 ifaould be used perfectly clear, and in sufficient quantify to thoroughly 

 wetthi whole of the mould at one application; as I have found, that by 

 frequent watering with it, it is possible to destroy the who.e colour in the 

 -, and render them perfectly white, particularly the Rose Flakes. I 

 ■m not certain thai the corrosive sublimate, dissolved in boiling, is not a 

 better application. A quarter of an ounce to a large watering pot will be 

 found sufficiently strong. Innovator. 



List oi Plants Scitabu ron Boci work.— " Forget Mo Not," of 

 Loughborough, will find the following list of plants suitable for rock-work, 

 and Tery showy : — 



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