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of the He de Bourbon varieties, added to the already numerous and decided 

 Climbing Roses, will make a magnificent display. Merely to shuw how a 

 heap of clay may become a mount of beauty, I last soring levelled and made 

 circular a large quantity of white aud blue clay, dug from a pit to contain 

 water: on this, with a small portion of dung and pit-sand to each plant, I 

 planted some of all the hardy Climbing Roses. The effect is now beautiful ; 

 and another summer it will be a mount of Rose pillars, each from eight to 

 ten feet high. — T. Rivers, J UN. — Gardener's Magazine. 



Tue celebrated Collection of OrchidEjE, which belonged to the late 

 Mrs. Arnold Harrison, of Liverpool, was purchased by Mr. Knight, Exotic 

 Nursery, iu the beginning ol February last. — Ibid. 



\\ r . IPS . — a correspondent in the Field Naturalist for March, observes,— 

 " Last year I had a bed of Tulips of the rare and beautiful sorts, which I 

 thoight I would protect from chance of frost, by coveriug them with tan. 

 They all flowered perfectly black." 



PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



0* the Chinese Primrose. — Will any of your correspondents have the 

 kindness to inform me of the best method of cultivating and propagating the 

 Chinese Primrose » Should they be always kept in pots, or occasionally turned 

 into the open ground ? Gulielmus. 



On the Flowering of Curvsanthemums in Summer. — I observe one 

 gratl horticulturist, Miller, and other writers, speak of these beautiful 

 plants flowering in summer. He says, — "Cuttings taken from the plants the 

 beginning of September, aud planted iu pots, will readily take root; audit' 

 (hey are placed under a hotbed frame, to screeu them from the frost in winter, 

 letting them have free air iu dry weather, they will live through the winter; 

 aud iu the spring these plants may be transplanted into the borders of the 

 flower-garden, where they will flower in Jane, and continue in succession till 

 the frost puts a stop to them." — I have practised this method, but have been 

 disappointed ; for none of my plants bloomed until the usual time in Novem- 

 ber. Can you, or any of your intelligent correspondents, furnish me with 

 any information on this subject? Gulielmus. 



London, Feb. 25*A, 1831. 



On the ItioNONiA. — 1 should feel greatly obliged to " An Ardent Ama- 

 teur," if he would answer the following questions: — 1st. What is the proper 

 time to put in cuttings! 2nd. What is the proper soil J 3rd. What is the 

 BMfMfMpeetl 1th. Whether they require mats in winter, and whether they 

 mi-hardy, or perfectly k>1 A Lover of Flowers. 



i hi. \i mi OLA, — " A Lover of Flowers" would esteem it a particular 

 favour, if the Conductor of the: much admired aud useful little work, the 

 Floricullural Cabinet, would inform her of the properties of a choice Auricula.* 

 A tkaton ul oat would be a gnat acquisition; but the latter is only a hint 

 from .t -inc. re admirer and well-wisher to the Fluricultural Cabinet. 



I mi Iuiii.ia. — Will any of the readers of the Floricullural Cabinet be 

 k in- 1 ntOUfb to Inform me what is the best soil to grow Dahlias in, and whe- 

 tv i Mi'-v reqnire muoh water ! — what are the properties of a choice flower f — 

 aud likewite how oi'i |ilants arc bafare they blow? 



A Lover in Flowers. 

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