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with several pairs of plants of it, in two or three succeeding years after I 

 raised it from seed. I have been a Pink grower for the last twenty years; 

 have won the first prize at as many Pink shows; have more than once ad- 

 vertised to show against all Kent, but have never yet met with those sorts, 

 twelve inches in circumference, that are grown by your correspondent "In- 

 novator"; and although I have given up showing for the last two years, I am 

 still looking out for new first-rate sorts, and should be obliged, if in your 

 next Number, I could leam where they are to be procured, or where I could, 

 if spared to another blooming season, be favoured with the sight of such a 

 collection. May I also be permitted to ask from some one of your corres- 

 pondents the best mode of protecting Dahlias from that destructive little 

 insect the ant, at this season of the year? J. Smith. 



Faversham, Kent, July 25th, 1835. 



On Conservatory Shrubs, &c. &c. — I shall feel much obliged if you 

 or any of your correspondents will give me, through the medium of the pages 

 of the Cabinet, a list of the handsomest conservatory shrubs and climbers, 

 with their prices, and tell me where they may probably be purchased. I 

 wish also to be informed where the following plants can be procured: — Ma- 

 netlia cordata, Combretum farinosum, Passiflora adiantifolia, Jonesia scan- 

 dens, and Billardeira longirlora; and at what price. How many distinct 

 varieties of Azalea indica are there to be purchased in this country '? Which 

 are the most beautiful of the Proteus ! are they adapted to the bed of a con- 

 servatory ! a few hints on their culture, together with that of Tolopea spe- 

 ciossima, would particularly oblige me. Indeed, I think, that a series of 

 short papers on the management of a conservatory, so that a succession of 

 flowers may be kept up during the year, would be agreeable to many of your 

 readers; to me it would be particularly acceptable, aud, perhaps some of 

 your correspondents will accede to my request. With my best wishes for the 

 continued success of vour useful Magazine, A Devonian. 



July 10th, 1035. 



On the Wire Worm. — 1 should be much obliged to any nf your contri- 

 butors, if they would inform me of the best mode of getting rid of the Wire 

 worm. A Subscriber and Constant Lcader. 



On the Belladonna Lily, &c. — Being a constant subscriber from the 

 first to your useful and instructive work, the Fhricultural Cabinet, as an 

 amateur, I should feel much obliged by your fulfilling the promise you 

 made of embodying all the information contained on the wrapper of the 

 work. I am particularly anxious for the note headed "Information how to 

 pronounce the Latin names of flowers," being sometimes at a loss to know 

 on which syllable to place the emphasis; and not often having a scientific 

 gardener on whose information I can rely. I am also anxiously waiting an 

 answer to E.Edwards's query on the Belladonna Lily : not seeing any reply, 

 and having some very healthy roots, I should feel obliged if you or any of 

 your correspondents will give me, through the medium of your Cabinet, some 

 information on their treatment, so as to make them bloom. They were in 

 the greenhouse from September last, until May; since, and up to the present 

 time, I placed them in the open air, fully exposed to the rays of tho sun, 

 •till they show no appearance of flowering. I have them planted three roots 

 in a pot nine inches in diameter, in light sandy mould, well watered: the 

 leaves were very fine, and died off a mouth since. I have a pot of small 

 Cactii, which I supposed to be the trvneata, but they have made some hex- 

 agonal and octagonal shoots from the flats, leaves, or branches, covered with 

 hairs similar to the creeping Ccreus; I wish to know the specific name, and 

 the mode of treatment I am to adopt to ensure their blooming freely; they 

 are fire or six inches high, and two years old. 



Shirley W. E. Smith. 



High-street, Leamington, Hants, Aug. 31s/, 1S35. 



On Greenhouses. — As you have promised to attend soon to the request 

 of " Juvenis," respecting gieenhouses, I hopo you will give a scale of the 

 height aud width, in proportion to the length, it^is usual to erect them ; also 



