330 Queries, ^4nswers, Remarks, S)-c. 
your Register, he requests -to be informed vvhetlier this is the same insect which 
attacks the Cherry, I beg- leave to inform him tliat it is not; the former being 
the Aphi^ Fabte, and the latter the A. Cerasi, neither of which I conceive capable 
of existing long on the food of the other. 
SERAMALEA. 
Retarding the Blooming of Roses. — In answer to J. D., page 185, I beg to 
state that the shoots under the operation of pruning are those of the previous 
j'ear's growth, and the pruning is delayed whilst the upper buds have pushed some 
length, and then the shoots of the previous year are shortened below where any 
bud has pushed this season, so that the dormant buds upon the remaining part of 
each shoot may be excited. 
J. HAYWOOD. 
Auriculas. — Will Mr. Revell be so obliging as to give a substitute for old Ants' 
Nests in his compost for Auriculas, that is, if any thing else will do as well? 
Passifloras. — Perhaps some of your Correspondents would send you an article 
on the Culture of Passifloras, and other greenhouse plapts ? 
^ T. H. 
Polishing Shells. — Gentlemen, you would oblige some of your Subscribers i( 
you would give, as soon as possible, the best and most simple method of Polishing 
Shells. T. H. 
MespiLDS Japonica. — I shall be obliged if you will inform me how to cultivate 
the Mespilus Japonica. Yours, &c. 
Delta. 
Melons and Cucumbers. — The Conductors, in their Review of Mr. Lindley's 
Guide, (Horticultural Register, page 164,) say that Cuttings are preferable 
under all cireumstances, either for Cucumbers or Melons. Do they mean by this, 
to assert that the culture of these plants may, by cuttings of bearing plants in 
autumn, be extended throughout the winter; and thus the necessity of sowing the 
ensuing spring be obviated ' A few plain, practical hints on this interesting sub- 
ject, in as much as respects the time and method, soil, and general treatment of 
such cuttings, would be exceedingly valuable. 
Pinktiey's Green. G. I. T. 
Tobacco. — I have this summer grown a few plants of the Virginia and Oronooka 
Tobacco, for the purpose of fumigating and washing shrubs and plants, and find 
that by any method I adopt, the leaves become a mere tissue, without substance, 
and totally unlike the imported herb. Will any of your Correspondents point out 
a mode by which the plant can be properly dried, so as, in a degree at least, to 
resemble in colour, texture, and quality, the Tobacco of America ? 
G. I. T. 
Vegetable Marrow. — Gentlemen, A Constant Reader, in page 227, enquires 
about practicability of cottagers cultivating the Vegetable Marrow. In reply tq 
his enquiry, I beg to state, that if the object of cottagers is to make the most of 
what ground they may cultivate as gardens, the cultivation of the Vegetable Marrow 
will not answer the purpose. My statement is founded upon experience. At 
