262 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



On Raising the Calceolaria and Mihui.cs from Seed, &c. — Could 

 vou, or any of your readers, give me a little information on raising; the Cal- 

 ceolaria and Mimulus from seed and from cuttings J D. Pearce. 



On Roses. — In your June Number, you state that " cuttings of Garden 

 Roses will now strike root under a hand glass." Is the common Cabbage 

 Rose only meant, or the Tuscany and others which are hardy .' 



c. c. c. c. 



[All kinds of Garden Roses are meant. The cuttings should be the pre- 

 sent year's shoots, cut off close to the previous year's wood. — Cond.] 



On Pillars of Roses, &c. &.c. — A contributor to your Magazine would 

 feel thankful for a more particular description of the way to make the 

 " Pillar of Roses" mentioned in No. XV. p. 114. He would also be glad to 

 know if Thunbcrgia alata is to be raised from seed, and if so, when it should 

 be sown, in order to its blooming in the open border in the summer. Also, 

 when the Schizanthus Hookerii and retusers should be sown, and whether it 

 is right to plant them in the open border. Is it improper to water them daily 

 in the summer J I have found them very apt suddenly to droop and decay, 

 both in the border and in a frame. What is the probable cause ? Are they 

 annuals or biennials f — as they are called both in different catalogues. 

 Which is the most probable nursery-ground to obtain the Double White 

 Hepatica — (m it seems there is such a flower, from your last month's corre- 

 spondence, p. 186) — and the Pentslemon pruinosum? The latter I have 

 attempted several times to procure, without success. 



August VM, 1834. 



ANSWERS. 



Reply to Qieries of * and S. C A. on Heaths, &c. — In your No: 

 for July is a query by " *," dated Bodmin. Since, no one has taken up his 

 pen to reply to the request, and as "S. C. A." begs in your last No. that 

 " *'s" query may be. answered, I again, but very reluctantly, take up my pen, 

 fearing that some of your Correspondents may wish to throw my communi- 

 cation into a " sea coal fire," or consider that the " bear's paw" may scratch 

 up some of the "IjwsV and " Snowdrops" who flourish so luxuriantly in 

 the pages of th'e Cabinet. However, I have again taken the liberty of 

 forming one of your Correspondents ; and if you deem my remarks worthy, 

 I shall be happy from time to time to give any information in my power. — 

 Your Correspondent requests a list of a few of the best kinds of greenhouse 

 Ericas. As we cultivate upwards of 100, I give a list of a few of what I 

 consider the best that can be grown : — 



Those marked thus (*) will stand any winter, and are very hardy ; but 

 (f) require a mat. 

 Erica aristata. *Erica hartnella. Erica tricolor. 



bicolor. Bewiana. grandi flora. 



ampullacea. monsonkc. mutabilis. 



mundula. ventricosa. vernix. 



pcrspicua. sulphurea. sordida. 



Hardy Ericas I do not cultivate, but send a list of what I fancy are good 

 ones, viz. : — 

 •Erica actaea. *Erica floribunda. 'Erica tri flora. 



australis. camea. f multiflnra. 



f umbellata. vagans. vulgaris. 



colluna. stricta. tetralix. 



He wishes for a collection of hardy greenhouse plants. If he wishes his 

 place to look gay, I would advise him to have a few Camellias, which will 

 flower in spring with his Ericas ami Hyacinths, and would look very well 

 during the spring. When the Camellias and Ericas go out of doors to their 

 summer quarters, Calceolarias, Balsams, Cockscombs, Schizanthus of soils, 

 with Epacris grandiflora, and Pimelea decussata, Pimelea rosea, Pelargo- 

 niums of sorts, &c. tin. will furnish him with a list of plants that will make 

 bis place look beautiful, I would adyi6e him to exclude Vines, and substitute 



