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4. Digital is liybnda, Hybrid Foxglove; Didynamia, Angd#Spi .nni.i. Sun 

 phularimc. The species which we now introduce has been propagated be- 

 tween (lie Digitalis ambigua and Olvxinia Kpeciosa, by Air. Alexander 

 Campbell, Curator of the Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society's 

 (iarden. We cannot give our readers any information .so satisfactory as 

 that which Mr. Campbell himself has furnished us. He says — " The close 

 resemblance which the flowers of Digitalis bear to those of the Gloxinia, 

 suggested the idea that a cross between them was practicable. I selected a 

 shoot of Digitalis ambigua for experiment; half a dozen of its flowers were 

 carefully fertilized with the pollen of (Jhxinia speeiosa ; the shoot was de- 

 nuded of the remaining of its flower-buds, and no more attention was be- 

 stowed till the capsules were ripe. One half of those impregnated, produced 

 perfect seeds, which were sown immediately when ripe, and placed in a warm 

 frame till they vegetated, after which they went through the usual proi ess 

 of potting, &c." Mr. Campbell further states, that tho whole of them 

 Jlowered in great profusion in the succeeding year, and continued till the. 

 frosts set in. How far nature will admit this system of hybridization, lie- 

 comes a curious and most interesting inquiry. It is evident that the present 

 division of genera forms no bar to the production of mules between them. 

 In the similarity which the flowers of this genus bear to the finger of a, 

 glove, has originated the name Digitalis, and its application to these plants ; 

 the root of the word being the Latin digitale. 



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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On a Succession or Flowers. — You, or any of your correspondents, 

 would oblige me (and many others whose gardens resemble mine) if you 

 would favour me with the. information required below. My garden is small, 

 and consists of little beds cut out in a grass plat in fancy forms, with long 

 narrow borders on the outside under the walls. I much wish to have a good 

 succession of flowers in the lovely spring, the brilliant summer, and the. 

 mature autumn; but do not know how to manage it. I appropriate a bed 

 to each sort of flower, preferring that to mixing various kinds. Of these 

 small beds I have about twelve ; the outside borders are much shaded by 

 large evergreen shrubs. What are the best flowers for my small beds, com- 

 mencing with the spring? when should they be planted ? when removed, 

 and to what situation ? by what succeeded for the summer when removed, 

 vxc. and the same for the autumn ? and when one set are planted, what is to 

 be attended to in the bringing on of the succeeding flowers ?• I should 

 mention that I have no greenhouse of any description, but have spare ground 

 to raise the succession, and plant the removed flowers. What is best to be 

 planted in my dry shaded borders? A Reader. 



Sloneligh, Warwickshire, July, 1834. 



On Hyacinths, 5_c. — I shall feel obliged if you will favour a constant 

 n nli r of your Floricultural Cabinet with a list of the best Hyacinths, Car- 

 nations, Auriculas, Polyanthuses, Pinks, Tulips, Dahlias, and Geraniums, 

 which have been shown during thi past summer. I should also feel obliged 

 if you, or any of your correspondents, would inform me whether they have 

 used any of " Kemp's Prepared or Decomposed Salt " as a manure in the 

 flower-garden, and what has been the result. Flora. 



Qdjlon, Sept, Uth, 1834. 



