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stimulant that would produce the effect desired. To preserve the spikes ns long as 
possible, cut off the end of the stem every day, and finally put them in hot water. 
Teutsciiel & Co.’s Book on Lilies. — Two mistakes occurred in our notice of 
this useful little book, and of course we gladly correct them. The book will cost 
2s. 8d. if ordered through the post, and the proper persons to apply to for it .are 
Messrs. Teutschel it: Co., Colchester. 
Toruey Bot.\nical Club. — li. W. — This club was established in New York on 
the 7th of January, 1873, under the presidency of Dr. Torrey, who died soon after- 
wards. The present president is Mr. George Thurber. In the last published 
“ Bulletin ” of the club occurs the following passage : — “ The club holds its meet- 
ings at the Herbarium in Columbia College, in the evening of the last Tuesday of 
every month, July and August excepted, and all botanists, either residing in or 
visiting the city, are invited to attend ; or, if they canuot be present at that time, 
to call on the president of the club at 245, Broadway, or on the secretary at the 
Herbarium.” 
Winter Flowering Heaths. — C.II. F., Behnont House, Bexley. — The plants 
should have been cut back after the beauty of the flowers was past. They should 
be pruned next M.arch, and after they have commenced to make new growth shift 
them into pots one size larger. Use sandy peat, and press the new soil very firm 
between the old ball and the sides of the pot. It is very important that the soil 
in which the plants are growing should be moist when they are potted, or the 
moisture will soak through the new soil, and the plants suffer in consequence. They 
should be kept near the glass at all times, and after the end of May place them in 
an open position out of doors, and stand the pots upon a bed of coal ashes. They 
should be pruned back moderately, and the new shoots be allowed to grow unchecked! 
during the season. As a rule, the shoots produced the previous year should be cut 
back to about two inches of the base, but in your case it will be necessary to prune 
them to within three inches or so of the base of the wood made the previous season. 
If at any time the soil should become dust dry, stand the pots in a vessel of water, 
and allow sufficient time for the soil to be thoroughly moistened. A very consider- 
able amount of technical knowledge is necessary in propiigating heaths, and we are 
not surpiised at your being unsuccessful. We should advise you not to attempt their 
propagation ; it would be much better to purchase small plants established in three- 
inch pots. 
Bedding Plants. — From the high recommendation given in the Floral 
World, I have procured plants of Coyrosma Bauer iana variegata, Stellaria gra- 
mina aurea, etc. 1. Would you kindly inform me if the Coproama is a hardy, half- 
hardy, or greenhouse plant ; and how and when propagated ? 2. Is the Stellaria 
raised from seed ? And if so, does it come true, like Golden Feather Pyrethrum; 
or is it propagated from cuttings of the latter ? I presume it requires keeping in a 
greenhouse temperature through winter ? 3. I ordered a plant of Veronica incana, 
and have had sent (from Cannell, Woolwich) for it Santolina incana. Is it the 
same thing under another name ? S. ineana looks like a half-hardy plant that can 
be kept in a cold frame ; or is it perfectly hardy, think you, in these northern 
latitudes ? I have had Cineraria maritima survive through winter in the open 
air in a somewhat sheltered place, but it does better in a cold frame. 4. Do you 
think Stellaria g. aurea is likely to supersede Golden Feather Pyrethrum (I see 
‘ J. Walsh’ puts it first) ? People hereabouts are getting tired of the Pyrethrum 
Golden Feather ; but it is so easy to raise, .and comes so true from seed, that I fear 
it will be some time before we have anything to surpass it. A v.ariety with the 
golden leaves and double crimson flowers would be an acquisition. I almost 
wonder no one has succeeded in producing one. Hoping you will pardon my tire- 
some inquiries, and with great appreciation of your many and valuable contributions 
to the science of horticulture. John F. Cranswick, 
Chapeltown, near Leeds. [1. Coprosma Baueriana variegata succeeds admirably 
in a greenhouse or conservatory. It is most readily propagated by layering ; and 
cultivators who grow it largely usually lift the plants from the flower-beds, and plant 
them in a bed of soil made up in a pit. The shoots are then pegged down, and covered 
with light sandy soil ; and by the following spring are well furnished with roots, 
generally throughout the entire length of the stem, which admits of their being cut 
up into as many pieces as there are young shoots. Cuttings are very difficult to 
strike, even with the aidj of a properly-constructed propagating-pit. 2. Stellaria 
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