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kept up. Perhaps a little moisture would have saved them, or were they too sud- 
denly dried off ? 1 have a very good gardener, and ho cannot understand why we 
have lost our Caladiuras. I should feel gieatly obliged by a few remarks from your 
valuable pen. Will you also kindly inform me whether Thmihergia lEarrisi is a 
plant fit for exhibition, and when it blooms '! It has blue, bell-sliaped, flowers, 1 
am told. — If. Lukis, Cardiff. [The “ secret,” if it may be so designated, of keeping 
the corms of Caladiuras safely when at rest during the vrinter season, consists in 
placing them in the stove. The cause of the corms perishing in the manner stated 
was insufficiency of heat, and they ought not to have been placed in the greenhouse 
at all. They were, no doubt, dried off too quickly, but even had they been dried 
off in the most careful manner, they would have perished from the treatment 
they subsequently received, fciome diversity of opinion exists amongst the best 
growers as to whether the soil should be kept rather moist or dust dry. A 
moderate degree of moisture in the soil is undoubtedly preferable, but it is safer to 
allow it to become dust dry than to apply water after the foliage has perished. 
Some growers overcome this difficulty by laying the pots upon their sides, and then 
sprinkling the sides of the pots rather liberally. Other growers stand the pots 
upright, place a layer of moss upon the surface of the soil, and keep the moss 
moist by frequently sprinkling it. The temperature of the structure in which 
they are wintered should not be less than 60’, but they will be safer with a tem- 
perature five or ten degrees higher. The Thunbergia usually blooms during 
the autumn and winter months, and is better adapted for training up pillars, and 
over the roof of the stove than as a specimen plant for exhibition purposes.] 
IIakd-wooded Plants eok the Gheenhouse.— .B. U . — The following would 
form a good and complete collection : — Abutilon Duo de Malakoff, A. venosum, 
Acacia armata, A. Drummondi, A. grandis, A. longifolia magnifica, A. platyptera, 
A. pubescens, A. pulchella, Acrophyllum venosum, Adenanda fragrans, A. speciosa, 
Andromeda formosa, Aphelexis humilis, A. macrantha purpurea, A. rupestris gran- 
ditlora, Beaufortia purpurea. Begonia Boliviensis, B. Alartini (diversifolia), B. 
rosajflora, B. Veitchi, Blandfbrdia aurea, B. Cunuinghami, B. flaramea, B. nobilis, 
Boionia Drummondi, B. piimata, B. serrulata, Bruginansia Knighti, B. suavolens, 
Burchellia capensis, Cantua dependens, Cassia corymbosa, Chirona frntescens, 
Chorozema cordata splendens, C. Ilenchmamii, C. Lawrenceana, C. varia Chandleri, 
C. varia nana, Clianthus Dampieri, C. punicens, Clivea nobilis, Coleonema rubra, 
Coronilla glauca, Correa Brilliant, C. cardinale, C. Ilarrisi, C. magnifica, C. speciosa 
ventricosa, Crowea saligna, C. stricta, Cytisus Atleean.a, C. racemosa, C. Everesliana, 
Daphne indica alba, D. indica rubra, Dillwynia Drummondi, D. splendens, Draco- 
phyllum gracile, Embothrium coccineum, Eriostemon bu.xifolium, E. intermedium, 
E. nerifolium, E. pulchellum, Erythrinacristagalli, E. floribunda, Emarise Belanger, 
Eupatorium odoratum, E. rip.arum, Gastrolobium Drummondi, G. Hendersoni, Gas- 
tronema sanguinea, Genetyllis Hookeri, G. tulipfera, Gompholobiura polymorphum 
splendens, Eloyea celsi, II. pungens major, Imatophyllum cyrtantbrnflorum, I. 
miniatum, Indigofera decora, I. floribunda, Kalosanthes coccinea superba, K. 
Jladame Celeste Wynans, K. Phoenix, K. miniata grandiflora, Leptosperraum bul- 
latum, L. grandiflorum, Leschenaultia Baxter! major, L. biloba grandiflora, L. 
formosa, L. splendens, Leucopogan Cunninghami, Libonia floribunda, Linum flavum, 
L. trigynum, Luculia gratissima, Magnolia fuscata, M. Lenne, Mirabella Baxter!, 
Jlitraria coccinea, Monochsetum ensiferum, M. Lemoineanum, M. sericeum multi- 
tiorum, Myrtus communis angustifolium, M. communis latifolium, Nerium album 
plenum, N. rubrum plenum, N. splendens giganteura, Olea fragrans, Oxylobium 
Browni, 0. Osborni, Ph»nocoma prolifera Barnesi, Pimelia decussata, P. elegans, P. 
Hendersoni, P. mirabilis, P. spectabilis, Pleroma elegans, P. sarmentosa, Podolobium 
elegans, P. Hugeli, Polygala cordata, P. Dalmaisiana, P. oppositifolia, P. Pultenma 
retusa, P. punica granatum, Richardia sethiopica, E. alb i maculata, Statice Halfordi, 
S. macrophylla, S. profusa, Swainsonia Grey ana, S. lessertifolia,S. Osborni, S. pur- 
purea, Tetratheca ericoides, T. hirsuta, Thea Bohea, Thibaudia macrantha, T. 
pulchra, Vaccinium erythrinum, V. Rollissoni. 
Azaleas. — G. E. — The following are all good:— A. Borsig, Admiration, 
Andersoni, Antoinette Thelemann, Beauty of Reigate, Bouquet de Roses, Charmer, 
Comte de Hainault, Coquette de Gand, Distinction, Dominique Vervaene, Due de 
Nassau, Duchesse Adelaide de Nassau, Etoile de Gand, Fascination, Flag of Truce, 
Flower of the Day, Forget-me-not, Francois Devos, Grande Duchesse de Bade, 
GuUlaume III., Her Majesty, Imperialis, Juliana, La Victoire, Leopold I., Le 
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