48 THE FLORIST AND- 



BEDDING PLANTS. 



We were asked by a subscriber to give in the Florist a list of 

 good herbaceous plants, hardy and annual, for bedding, the list 

 which was given in the calendar, in a former number being objected 

 to, on account of the use of botanical names. It happens however^ 

 that some of our most useful plants have no English names, or are 

 better known by their botanical appellation. Petunias, Nierem- 

 bergias, Campanulas, (who calls them Bell flowers?) Coreopsis, or 

 "Tick seed," Spiraea, Verbena, for instance. We shall have prepared! 

 such a list of names as we can gather, which we hope will prove' 

 satisfactory to all our readers. 



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The Green Fly in Greenhouses, we are informed by the London Gar- 

 dener s Companion, may be effectually destroyed as follows : Provide a 

 strong solution of nitre in water, in which soak some sheets of strong brown 

 paper, and afterwards dry it slowly, and cut into lengths of convenient 

 size, the largest eighteen inches by twelve inches ; then get some strong 

 tobacco and strew it thinly over the paper, and with a coarse pepper box, 

 dredge in a good coat of common Cayenne pepper ; wrap the whole up 

 loosely like a " cigarette," paste the end over, and when dry, suspend two or 

 three by a wire in different parts of the greenhouse, and it will soon settle 

 the accounts of all intruders with very little trouble or expense* 



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To Prevent Mildew. — Mildew is one of the greatest pests of green- 

 houses and all sorts of plant structures. The following remedy has been 

 tried in the houses of the London Horticultural Society, and it is thought 

 will prove efficacious: " Sulphur and unslacked lime put into a tub of 

 water, in which they are ; quickly and intimately mixed, and the trees and 

 plants syringed with the clear liquid after these substances have settled at 

 the bottom." 



The monthly meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 

 held on the evening of the 15th inst., was one of the best exhibi- 

 tions we recollect. There were. five collections shown, besides 

 several specimen plants and new introductions. The cut flowers 

 were very beautiful ; the fruits fair, (in quantity,) and good^vegeta- 

 bles were staged. Mr. Buist, besides the six specimens shown for 

 competition, exhibited seventy- three varieties of Camellia blooms. 

 We hope that such displays will continue through the year. 



The Secretary's report and the lists of plants shown, will be 

 found on other pages. 



