THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 
I am trying a nosegay in a jar, filled with damp sand, which is placed in 
another jar about one inch larger in diameter, with the space between them 
filled with still damper sand; a globe covers the nosegay, and is pressed 
deep into the sand so as to exclude the air. I am told that cut flowers 
will keep in this way a long time. I hope they will, though I doubt it. 
I am trying another bouquet in a zinc can, with a canal-shaped rim 
round the top, one inch deep and half an inch wide. This is to be filled 
with water, and the glass cover is to rest in the fluid. I shall watch 
anxiously to see which will answer best, and preserve the flowers longest. 
James Mangles. 
Cambridge Terrace, 
April 8th, 1841. 
RETROSPECTIVE CRITICISM. 
Madam, — I have for some time intended to suggest to you the useful¬ 
ness of a small publication in which each number should contain instruc¬ 
tions for the cultivation of one flower suitable for the beds in flower- 
gardens, so unusually adopted, viz. Fuchsias , Verbenas , &c.; giving an 
account of the modes of rearing them, the soil proper when turned out, 
whether they require much water, &c., particularly specifying those 
attainable by those who have no greenhouse. Having now your new 
Magazine, it has occurred to me that two or three pages in each number 
might be devoted to*this object; say, to give us the management of one 
bed each month. Take, for instance, a bed of spring bulbs—of what roots 
composed at first—and what should succeed to keep up a display until 
the frosts in autumn. I am perfectly ignorant on the subject, but 
naturally passionately fond of flowers. 
The floral calendar will, I hope, as the season advances, direct us as to 
the annuals worth growing, as the country nurserymen in many cases 
know little of any thing new. I hope during the present year, either in 
your work, or the “ Horticulturist,” to gain information on the subject of 
Roses, having purchased many during the past year for climbers, at 
Is. 6d. to 2s. each; and find to my mortification, that after all the 
expense X have incurred, they do not show the least appearance of 
attaining any great height. With regard to the flowers figured in your 
