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THE ELOEAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
Broccoli. — Commetina . — The plants, after they are put out, frequently suffer 
from the attacks of the larvae of “ Daddy Long Legs,” commonly known as the 
“ Bott but we believe your plants have “ damped off,” as they frequently will do 
when raised in pans and boxes. Seedling plants of cabbages, broccolis, stocks, 
and other things of a similar character, when raised in pans or boxes, should be 
watered by dipping in sufficient water to reach about two-thirds of the depth of the 
pan or box, which must be removed before the surface soil becomes moist. By 
keeping the surface soil dry, there will not be much danger of the young plants 
damping-off. 
J. K., Bristol . — The answer to your letter was unavoidably omitted, and it 
is now too late to be of service to you. 
Intermediate Stocks. — F. H . — There is no real difficulty in having a good 
display of these flowers during the spring months, as the following remarks will 
show. There are several varieties, and the best are the Purple, Scarlet (so called). 
White, and Mauve Beauty. The latter is comparatively new, and the flowers, 
which are produced in huge pyramidal spikes, are of a very pleasing shade of 
lilac. Procure seed from good strains, for even when the seed js saved with the 
greatest care, a proportion will come single ; but when the seed is inferior the 
majority will produce single flowers, and as there is no way of separating them 
from those which will produce double flowers, until they come into bloom, they 
represent so much wasted space and labour. Sow the seed in pans filled with a 
mixture of leaf-mould and sandy loam, cover it lightly, and then place the seed pans 
in a cold frame. When the plants are an inch or so in height, prick them off, and 
use sixty size pots, putting three in each. When well established, shift the 
largest size, and then put them in a cold frame, and fully expose to the 
weather, excepting during heavy rains, until the frosts render protection neces- 
sary. During the winter the frame must be well ventilated, but sufficient protection 
must be afforded to keep the plants safe from frost. Early in February place 
those shifted into the flowering pots in the autumn in the greenhouse or intermediate 
house, to induce them to flower early, and at the same time shift the others into 
pots one size larger. Moderately weak liquid manure may be used after the plants 
are well established and in full growth during the spring; but good spikes of 
bloom may be produced without its aid. Single plants in three-inch pots will 
be very useful for decorative purpeses, and to save trouble they may be put in 
them when removed from the seed-pan. 
CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
B. S. Williams, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, 
N. — Catalogue of New Plants. 
E. G. Henderson and Son, Wellington Road, St. John’s Wood. — 
Catalogue of Stove and Conservatory Plants, Orchids, Soft- wooded and Bedding 
Plants. 
Charles Turner, The Royal Nurseries, Slough. — Catalogue of Auri- 
culas, Pelargoniums, and Soft-wooded Plants generally. 
William Bull, Ring’s Road, Chelsea, S.W. — Annual Catalogue of New 
and Rare Plants. 
J. Payne, Belvedere, Kent. — Catalogue of Cuttings and Plants of Oera- 
niums, etc. 
Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. — General Spring Catalogue. 
Kirk Allen, Brampton, Huntingdon. — Spring Catalogue of Bedding and 
other Plants. 
S. Dixon & Co., Amhurst Nurseries, Anton Street, Amhurst Road, 
Hackney, E., and 4Sa, Moorgate Street, London. — Descriptive Catalogue of 
Chrysanthemums, Fuchsias, Geraniums, etc. 
George Rawlings, Old Church, Romford, Essex. — Descriptive Catalogue 
of Dahlias. 
T. Bunyard & Sons, Maidstone and Ashford, Kent. — Select List of 
Bedding-out Plants, Greenhouse Plants, etc. 
