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room. In the open ground it cannot do more than produce such leaves as the one 
you send. The best bulhs to grow in moss are hyacinths, crocuses, and jonquils. 
Any kind of moss will do, and it must he kept moderately saturated with water. 
Useful Flams fou Autumm FLOWEitixo — — Some of these plants , 
must not be started until late in the spring, or their season of flowering will be over 
before you require them. Stove Plants : Allatnanda Schotti, Fougainvillea glabra, 
Eucharis Amazonica, Ixora coccinea, Vinca alba, Hippeastrum reticulatum. Green- 
house Plants : Crowea latifolia. Erica Mernockii, E. Austiniana, E. Irbyana, Lapa- 
geria rosea, Lilium auratum, L. lancifolium album, L. speciosum, Pleroma elegans, 
Phtenocoma prolifera Farnesi, Statlce Holfordi, Vallota purpurea. 
Peaks. — J. J. M. — The pears must be on the pear-stock ; the quince will not 
do. The mode of training is to a great extent a matter of taste; probably hori- 
zontal training will suit you best, and it is the form most in favour for the pear. 
The trees should he twenty feet apart. The question of root-pruning must be de- 
teimined herealter by the behaviour of the trees. 
Ranuxculuses. — Inquirer. — You will not do well to obtain expensive florists’ 
varieties until you ascertain by trial the capabilities of your garden and your own 
skill. P'ortunately there are plenty of good cheap kinds to begin with, and we 
think you might uo well with the following Turbans, namely: Grandiflora, Lion 
d’Orange, Eomano, and Turban d’Or. Add to these the following florists’ varieties, 
namely : Amazon, Facchus, Flack Prince, Clothilde, Commodore Napier, Comte 
de Gloire, Fire Fall, Heruiiune, La Citioniere, Marianne, Nosegay, Prince de 
Galitzin, Robert, and Zonuewagen. All these are cheap and good, and the least fasti- 
dious of their race, therefore most likely to succeed in your comparatively smoky dis- 
trict. If you succeed well with them, you can purchase more freely in future seasons. 
Cybtocekas ueflexum. — M. W. — This somewhat singular but interesting 
plant requires a brisk heat top and bottom all winter and spring, to be saturated 
with moisture, and frequently syringed overhead. Keep in the stove till the blooms 
begin to expand, then place in an airy greenhouse, and the thing is done. Your 
failure is probably owing to insufficient drainage ; if so, turn it out, clean the pot to 
one-third of its depth, till it with crocks; lay on them a handful of the toughest 
fibre out of your peat; place the plant on that, and fill up with equal parts of 
thoroughly good turfy loam and pt at, with one-sixth sand, and put in bottom-heat 
at once with abundance of water. Pentas rosea and carnea, beautiful plants, much 
neglected ; treat in precisely the same way. 
PicoTEEs AND PiNKs. — A. B. R . — The following are all good : — Twelve yellow 
ground Picotees : Mrs. Hornby, Dr. Horner, Chipping Norton, Garibaldi, Jane 
Perry, Miss Nelson, Sir Colin Campbell, Royal Sovereign, Primrose Pet, Countess 
of Derby, Emperor, Gipsy King. Twelve Pinks ; Attraction, Feautiful, Brilliant, 
Charles Waterton, Delicata, Dr. Maclean, Eugenie, Invincible, John Bull, Lord 
Herbert, Lizzie, Mrs. Maclean, Picturata, Rev. G. Jeans. 
Planting and Training Vines. — A Young Beginner. — Plant four vines and 
carry up two rods from each. A common flue will do very well, unless you 
intend to force early. Take the flue at as low a level as possible along the 
front, but somewhat above the floor, remembering that the bottom of the furnace 
must be two feet at least below the bottom of the flue. The flue must be nine 
to twelve inches in the clear, and rising slightly all the way, turning at the 
end to the shalt. Rafters are not needed if you can get machine-made sash- 
bars. Vines in ground vineries must be so far disbudded that none of the 
growth is crowded, and that more fruit is not left than the vines can bring to 
maturity without being distressed. 
J. Ct. S. — The leaves are like those of the !Manetti, but it is impossible to say 
for certain from dried specimens. Seed of the spergula can be purchased of some 
of the principal seedsmen. 
Lilium g.ganteum. — J. II. — The soil should be kept just moist, and no more. 
The trees mentioned should he repotted in the spring. The Wigandia can be 
grown successfully, as you suggest. 
Vines. — Constant Reader. — It is a matter of small consequence whether the 
roots are under cover or not. The Alicante (black) and Royal Muscadine are the 
two best varieties, for they are hardy, productive, and produce fruit of fine flavour . 
Gladkih s, - The cultivation of this flower was fully e-vplained in the Floral 
World for October, 1871. 
