S76 Queries, Criticisms, ^'C. 



ture number of your Majifazine." The information here promised will, 

 I have no doubt, be gladly received by a number of amateurs, whose 

 impatience would not allow them to wait so long before they can ascer- 

 tain the i-esults of their labors, as I have proposed, in my article. It 

 will be perceived that Mr. Boll says that it takes about four months for 

 the seeds to vegetate, and particular care is necessary, — the Pretty 

 American must have had the cultivators' most peculiar care, the seed 

 having vegetated, grown, and the plant produced its flowers, in less 

 time, by two weeks, than is here allowed for the seeds to vegetate. 

 If the reader will take the trouble to look over my article again, he 

 will find that Mr. Boll has evidently misunderstood its meaning. 



I beg leave again to state to the reader, that without the aid of some 

 artificial process, the seeds of the roses will not vegetate in less than 

 one year, i. e. if it is placed in the natural ground in the spring of the 

 3'ear, it will not make its appearance before the ensuing spring. — Yours, 

 J. W. Russell, Mount Auburn, Cambridge, June 20, 1837. 



West's St. Peter's Grape. — We stated in our last, p. 196, that we 

 knew not that this variety had been introduced to our gardens. Mr. 

 Wilder, however, has reminded us that he informed us last year that 

 he had it growing at his garden, having introduced it in the spring of 

 1836. At the time we wrote the notice of this grape it escaped our 

 memorv, and we now correct our mistake. — Cond. 



Art. V. Queries, Criticisms, 8,'c. 



Importing Plants in Glass Cases. — It may be interesting to the read- 

 ers of your valuable Magazine, to learn that stove and green-house 

 plants can be imported in glass cases, with the greatest safety, in the 

 summer season, provided the officers of the ship which brings them will 

 keep the cases ftdly exposed to the sun during the voyage. I have just 

 received from Messrs. Loddiges &. Sons, per the President, a case con- 

 taining twenty-two pots of plants, out of which only three have perish- 

 ed. Among those in good order are the following: — Gongora atropur- 

 purea, Oncidium flexuosa, Metrosideros vera, Cattleya Forbesn, 

 Epidendrum cochleatum, Astrapee'a Wallichw, Jiorbnia serrulata, 

 Erica carinata, PerguUiria odoratissima, Schottia speciosa, Marica 

 humilis and senii-aperta, Tacsbnia pinnatistipula, Stanhopeo grandi- 

 flora, Denrobium pulchelluni, and also several fine corraeas. The 

 cases cost three guineas each, but will last for several years' transporta- 

 tion, if they are taken care of. Freight from London, about three 

 dollars per case.— Fowrs, truly, N. G. C.New York, June 'iAth, 1837, 



P. S. Messrs. Loddiges & Sons, in their letter to me, under date of 

 6th May, say, "This nTode of packing has been successful when the 

 cases are kept on deck, in full sun, but never otherwise; we shall do 

 our utmost to prevail on the commander of the vessel to keep them up, 

 which is all there is to do — as, the air being excluded, there is no evapo- 

 ration." — N. G. C. 



Destruction of the Shtgs that infest Rose b^lshes. — Is there no reme- 

 dy for the destruction of the pestiferous insects which eat the leaves of 

 rose bushes in such a manner as to resemble net-work. If any of your 

 correspondents know any remedy, it would be gratefully received by 

 your friend and subscriber — S., June 22, 1837, 



