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Dahlias. — Which I have never succeeded well with before, have done 

 beautifully with me since, flowering most abundantly and brilliantly, when 

 watered in this way. In all out of door plants, if mulching is used, only 

 half the quantity of plain water is needed. For plants in pots, I consider 

 it invaluable ; and gardeners who wish to raise specimen plants for exhibi- 

 tion, will find this mode of watering them every sixth time with the solution, 

 to produce a perfection of growth not to be surpassed in any other way. — lb* 



GLAZING WITHOUT PUTTY. 



Mr. Editor : — An article copied from Hovey's Magazine appear- 

 ed in the Florist, in which I stated rny belief that the system of 

 glazing without putty, was not "American" as it had been called. 

 This drew forth a reply from a correspondent, who signs himself 

 "Beta, Philadelphia," who doubts the veracity of my statements. 

 I do not at any time consider anonymous contradictory assertions on 

 any subject worth replying to, especially when in a discourteous 

 strain of language, much less do I consider such a writer worthy of 

 notice when he advances nothing to support the fact he endeavors 

 to establish. Now as we have seen nothing to establish the Amer- 

 ican origin of this method of glazing, save and except the assertion 

 of Mr. Hovey, who seems very desirous of appropriating to himself 

 the merit of originating it ; and as no one here, with whom I have 

 conversed on the subject, knows anything or ever heard anything of 

 the houses which he says he built in 1833, and glazed in this way, I 

 think it would very much serve the cause of truth, and also be a 

 proper course of proceeding in the enquiry, if you would through 

 the Florist inform your readers whether any houses have been 

 glazed in this country on the system that you are yourself acquainted 

 with about Philadelphia or elsewhere, and also the dates of their 

 erection. "Beta," who I presume is one of your readers, will also 

 favor us by considering this request also made to him. I have 

 made a similar request to Mr. Hovey, requesting also to knew 

 where the houses he speaks of having built in 1833 can be seen, as 

 they will be now in the prime of life, and will afford an excellent 

 illustration of this excellent system. 



I do not claim to have anything to do with the origin of the sys- 



