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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE 
Potatoes. — In the first two months of the year, the declared value of potatoes 
imported was £544,639, and in the same period of 1872 only £35,963. In the 
month of February, the value was £262,336, against £19,976 in the month of 
February, 1872. 
International Fruit Show at Manchester. — The schedule of prizes offered 
for competition at the International Exhibition of Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers, 
to be held in the Manchester Botanical Gardens in September next, is now issued, 
and, on the whole, may be considered satisfactory. The prizes for collections of 
fruits are exceedingly liberal. For twenty dishes the prizes are £30, £20, and £12 ; 
for fifteen dishes, £20, £15, and £10; for ten dishes, exclusive of pine-apples, 
£12, £8, and £5. The prizes are also very good for a collection of hardy fruits. 
Grapes and other fruits are liberally encouraged, and for grapes alone, prizes 
amounting, in the aggregate, to £149 are offered. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
A, B. S. — Apply to Messrs. Eollison and Sons, the Nurseries, Tooting, Surrey. 
This is the time to sow Aucuba seeds ; they will germinate in October. Can you 
favour us with notes of tender trees and shrubs that prosper in your kind climate? 
T. F. — The hee-stand is not made now ; there was never any demand for it. 
A. Moorman. — Your plant is probably the great Butterfly orchis, Hahenaria 
chlorantha. If you will forward your address, we will send your letter on to the 
gentleman named in it, but without the address it will be of no use to him. 
Profitable Greenhouse. — M\sb H. J. — Everything depends upon the locality 
and the means which exist for disposing of the produce to the best advantage. 
Grapes would he more likely to pay than roses. It would, perhaps, be better to 
have a small house, and grow a few things for amusement only. 
Camellia Buds not opening. — J. JI. E. C. — The roots are out of order, but 
whether it is due to the soil having been allowed to become dust dry, or whether 
the soil is in a saturated state, it is, of course, impossible for us to say. If the 
plant has been in the same pot for several years, as appears to have been the case, 
a shift into a larger pot will he highly beneficial. Careful watering is of the first 
importance in the management of camellias. As the buds refuse to open, we 
should advise their removal without further delay. 
Plants for a Stove Tank.. — A. B. S. — The following are free-growing and 
highly ornamental subjects : — Aponogcton dhtacJnjon, Calla alba mamlata, Lymtian- 
themum gcminatmn, L. nymplioeoidcs, Lymnocharis Hmnboldti, Nupha lutca,Nympha:a 
cmrulca, N. cyanca,N. odorata, N. pyqmca, N. rubra, Pistia siratiofes. Pontedcr 'ia 
cordata, Trapa natans, TaUisneria .tpiralis, ViUarsia nymphaoides, and V. indica. 
Ouv'vrandra Berncriana may also do well in the tank, but the other subjects would, 
perhaps, soon smother it. It is one of the finest water plants for the stove, hut it is 
best grown in a glass tank by itself, as the beauty of the leaves can then he seen to 
better advantage. 
Ferns. — O.B.A. — No. 1, Adiantum affine; No. 2, Pteris tremula; No. 3, 
Nephrolepis tuherosa. 
Roses in Pots. — Guernsey Sub.seriher. — The roses named, and a large number 
of other varieties, will do exceedingly well grown in pots, and trained as described. 
It is, however, better for amateurs to confine themselves to medium-sized plants, 
which simply require a stake to each branch to support the flower trusses. 
Decayed Caladium Corms. — Will you kindly inform me through the pages of 
the Floral World what the secret is for keeping Caladium corms safely during 
the winter ? Seven pots of these plants were removed from the stove in September 
last, placed on their sides in the greenhouse in a dry warm corner. No water was 
given to them after their removal, the earth being quite dry, and the corms ap- 
peared firm and handsome when examined a little before Christmas. A short time 
after that I found that three out of the seven had decayed ; the others were all 
right, but within a few weeks they had all gone off. The pots were underneath 
the water pipes, and I observed that they went off sooner after more heat was 
