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as recommeded for Camellias ; they will grow freely if properly inserted and 
well bound with bass, with greater certainty at this season, than at the 
usual one in July. Conductors. 
TiGRiDiA Pavonia. — We beg to inform our correspondent B. S. that the only 
difficulty attending the culture of this plant, is, its bulbs not being sufficiently 
ripe when taken up in the autumn. By this means they are apt to rot ; but 
if, with great care, they are preserved till spring, they become so exhausted 
by the means used to keep them, that when planted, the flowers, if any 
are produced, are extremely weak. To remedy this, plant them in a light 
soil, and warm situation, being careful never to put them deep enough in the 
ground to cover the crown; if this be attended to, and they are taken up as 
soon as the tops decay in the autumn, before they are saturated with wet, and 
carefully preserved dry through the winter, they will flower very freely. 
For the winter management of Russian Gardens, we refer him to the Trans- 
actions of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, inserted in our Register, 
Page 166. Conductors. 
Proposed Garden in Regent's Park. — We should be happy to see a reposi- 
tory similar to that suggested by our two correspondents; but we doubt 
whether it would answer so as to remunerate for the trouble. The Horticul- 
tural Gardens, would be the most proper place for Horticultural implements, 
&c. to be shown, if its distance from London was not so great. Cond. 
Advertisement for a Gardener's Situation., — Any Nobleman or Gentle- 
man, in want of an experienced Gardener, will find Mr. Haythorn, a very 
suitable person. And Mr. Flood, although his experience is not so matured, 
yet from the very excellent character given to us by his employers, we believe 
to be well deserving of notice. Conductors. 
II._NOTTCES AND ANTICIPATIONS. 
New Catalogue of Plants, — It will be seen by a reference to an adver- 
tisement, that the 12th edition of Don's Hortus Cantabrigiensis ; or an Ac- 
cented Catalogue of Indigenous and Exotic Plants, cultivated in the Cam-- 
hridge Botanic Garden, is in preparation, by Mr. George Sinclair, F.L.S. &c. 
who is' illustrating it with numerous engravings of the Botanical characters 
of each class and order. And judging from the experience, and former pro- 
ductions, of the Editor, we are led to expect from his hands, a work that 
will do honour to the Botanical world. Conductors. 
Petunia Nyctaginiflora. — Gentlemen, permit me to testify my sense of the 
value of the Horticultural Register, and to beg through its pages to recommend 
to more general cultivation, the Petunia Kycfaginijlorn ; a perennial, producing 
from June to October, abundance of beautiful white flowers; requiring but 
little protection in the winter; and easily propagated by cuttings under a 
hand-glass. As a platjt for London balconies it is most desirable . 1 have one 
at this moment, which has for the ifist six weeks been constantly flowering ; 
and when mixed with Mignonette or Geraniums, its pure white flowers are 
seen to much advantage, 
A Reader of the Horticultural Register. 
Piccadily, August 5th, 1831 . 
Cultivation of Mushrooms. — Our Readers will perceive by a reference to 
an advertisement in our last number, that Mr. Callow is preparing a practi- 
cal work on the Cultivation of Mushrooms. From his long experience we have 
no doubt it will be found welldeserving public notice, and we sincerely hope 
he will meet with sufficient subscribers to answer his expectations. Cond. 
