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verr highlv fragrant. It is cultivated by Mr. Neil, at Canon Mills, near 

 Fdluhurch Nycterinia, from nuklerinos, nocturnal— flowering at night. 



4 Alonsoa linearis, Linear Laved. Didynamia, Angiospennia. Scrfl- 

 nhularinea-. Synonym, Celsia linearis, Hemimeris coccinea. This species 

 W fmwriv much 'cultivated in this country, being introduced in 1790 

 Z ha now-become rare, the A. acutifoha having usurpeu Us V ace and 

 name iu most collections. Flowers : scarlet, with dark red at the base. It 

 " vild in Peru, where it is known by the names of Ricaco and Ricarco, 

 Caning mask-tlower. It blossoms there from May to September, rhis 



ant is grown in the Chelsea Botanic Garden. Alonsoa, named after Don 

 Zeno Alonzo, Secretary to one of the Spanish Viceroys ol New Granada. 



The Cereus speeiosissimus at Woodhall Gardens, in Renfrewshire, Scot- 

 land attains an extraordinary size and beauty. The late excellent Mr. 

 Hkndkkson, gardener there, used soil, composed of two parts of rich loam, 

 three of decomposed manure, and one consisting of equal quantities of peat, 

 sand and broken tiles. The plant is placed in a large pot, and trained to 

 the back trellis of a nine stove, where in July, 1833, when I saw it, i occu- 

 ,,iwl a surface of eight v-four square feet, and had three hundred (lowers all 

 oMn at the same tin,,." Mr. J)eniioi.m, the present gardener, gives tins 

 •md other species of the Cactus family, a more ample supply of water than 

 is usuallv done, while thev are maturing their Bower buds; and to this he. 

 attributes, in a great measure, the vigour of the bloom In winter when 

 th" plant is in a state of rest, little or no water is given.— Gold. Mag. 



PART III. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 

 On tub Belladonna Lily.— Can you or any of your readers inform me 

 how to make the Belladonna Lily produce llowers, or why they do not blow, 

 though the roots appear quite healthy ! E. EDWARDS. 



.Staines, April 17, 1831. 



(is l'KtARCiOMiM ARUKNs.— I )uo e had a plant of the Pelargonium 

 ardent major f..r some years, and changed the description of soil it was 

 in three or four times, 'but I have not been able to cause It to produce bl6S- 

 MBIS ; the plant has been generally in a healthy state and I have succeeded 

 in increasing mv stock, as 1 have several younger plants. The old plant, 

 as well as the VOUng ones, lias generally hern kept in a hotbed. Perhaps 

 of your readers would assist me. I ought to ;uld, perhaps, that I have 

 no Conservatory to turn it out into. 



I.u;wn.s— Will JT0U or any ol' youl correspondents inform a subscrj 

 ;„ , ,|,. „1 most effectual method of preserving the Magnolia, when 



in blossom, from the Injuries of the Earwig! ty 



April, 1834. 



In vour Number ol th • Fluririillnral Cabitttt for November, 18:1:5, I lind 

 ,-,n Interesting article on the culture, &o. <>( the Pansys ,ml >'"" a ° ""' SMV 



•tether or not tiev can !»■ cultivated with success iii pots. M\ reason lor 

 »*kiiitf, is find probably as [ am a Mihscriher, \ on will oblige me bv an 

 ■ntwiT by post,) liial il tie \ can, I think I can by llial means pro|, , I iheni 

 from the nun which so muterially injures their colours, and al.su from insocts. 



