Tilt: FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
SoLANiMS. — II. JI.C.P. The variety is still the bes‘. Mr. R. S. Williams, 
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway. 
L. JF . — The tree mentioned cannot he propagated in the manner stated. 
Cool, House Oiicmns -I. J . — You will find a list of the most useful orchids 
that will thrive in a comparatively low temperature with instructions for their 
management, in the Floral Woui.u for June, 1868, which we believe may be had 
from the publisher at the usual price and an additional stamp for postage. 
M. A. II . — We regret our inability to give the address, but onr esteemed corre- 
spondent assures us that he cannot spare tlie time to receive visitors. 
Anxious . — The Wisteria may be planted at once. It requires a moderately rich 
soil, and will do well in ordinary garden soil, provided it is enriched with a dressing 
of manure, and dug up rather deeply. The Hydrangea would do exceedingl}' well 
for the purpose mentioned. Put the Forget-me-nots about six inches apart each 
way. 
G. C., Queenstown. - a suppose the stove is outside the house ; if inside, the 
fumes arising from the fire would be quite sufficient to prevent the plants 
thriving. If the fire is outside, wo cannot say what can be the cause of the 
unhealthy state of the plants, excepting that it is possible they have not received 
the proper treatment. A bed of leaves properly made up should retain its heat for 
a considerable period ; the bed of leaves should n >t be less than three feet in depth, 
but it would retain the heat better if it w.as four or five feet in depth. The house 
may be fumigated with a common garden flower-pot and a pair of bellows, if you 
have no fumigator : first of all obtain an eight-inch pot and make a hole in its side 
near the bottom, and a supply' of tobacco-paper or tobacco ; in case the paper is 
used, it must be torn up into small pieces and made rather damp by sprinkling it 
with water ; it simply requires to be made damp enough to prevent its bursting 
into a flame ; the evening is the best time for fumigating the house. In commenc- 
ing, place a few rtd-hot cinders in the pot, over these put a little dry brown paper, 
and when it is fairly alight, a handful of dry tobac 'o-papor ; when tliis has burst 
into a flame, as it soon wilt do by blowing it gently, partly fill the pot with the 
dainp-tobac^o-paper, this must be done by shaking on the burning paper lightly, for 
if thrown upon it in a careless manner it will not burn so freely as could be 
wished. This can be done in the open air, and after it has been blown steadily for 
a few minutes it may be placed in the house without further attention unless it is 
a rather large one, in that case it will be necessary to add fresh material and blow 
for a short time. In any case it will be necessary to watch it from the outside, and 
if it bursts into aflame it must be stirred up and a little new material added, 
unless the house is full of smoke, and then it may be removed outside and extin- 
guished with a little water. 
Galvanized AVike. — An Old Suhscriher. — A considerable divers ty of opinion 
exists upon this point. It should be painted and care take t no; to tie it too 
tightly. 
Asparagus Bed. — Ignoramus . — After the weeds begin to grow freely, remove 
them with the hand until after you have finished cutting, when you can use a small 
fork without injury, if carefully handled. You ought not to cut any from the new 
bed before the third year. You might catch and destroy thousands of slugs, with 
which you say your garden is so much affected, by laying a few cabbage or lettuce 
leaves in their favourite haunts, and by searching them occasionally with the lau- 
tern on mild damp evenings you will be able to pick them up wholesale. 
Show GsitANiUMs. — Amateur . — The geraniums to which you refer are probably 
suffering from having been kept too wet through the winter. Possibly they are 
in soil of too close a nature, and deficient in drainage ; either of these causes is 
sufficient to account for the brown spots on the leaves of your plants. It is too late 
now to do much to them beyond watering with more care, and giving plenty of 
air. If the stuff in which they are potted is wet and sour, and the plants have very 
few roots, take them out of the pots, reduce the ball, and repot in clean pots with 
plenty of drainage, and use fibry loam, leaf-mould, and plenty of silver sand. 
Hyacinths done Flowering — IF.B. — Plant your hyacinths out in a warm and 
dry border and place a frame over them, to mature the bulbs. Take up after the 
foliage is decayed. 
March. 
