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that the foliage is destroyed before it has laid up in the bulb a suffi¬ 
cient store of nutritive matter to sustain it through its forthcoming 
trial. 
My practice is, when it has done flowering, to place it in a cold 
frame, and pay as much attention to its wants as at any other season 
of the year; by this means its foliage continues vigorous and 
healthy. In May it is turned out in a sheltered spot, and protected 
from the mid-day sun. 
In September the mould is shaken from it, any dead roots cut 
away, and the live ones carefully preserved ; it is then repotted into 
a size larger pot, and placed in its old position,—the shelf or the 
frame. As the season advances, a portion of them is placed in a 
warm house or the stove. These will flower much earlier than the 
rest, thereby prolonging the season of inflorescence for several 
months. A. Kendall. 
Queen Elizabeth Walk^ Stoke Newington, 
HINTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Allow me to resume my hints, few and simple as they may appear, 
and let me urge other readers of The Florist to follow my example ; 
for every lover of a garden can, if he or she please, give some useful 
information. Such works are intended for the uninitiated, and are 
especially valuable to the dwellers in far country places, many of 
whom have no access to large gardens, and no opportunity to asso¬ 
ciate with the experienced horticulturist. To such every hint or 
record of facts is valuable; and I can say for myself, that I feel 
grateful for each remark your interesting work has contained. We 
have had a more than usually cold, wet, and stormy summer ; but the 
Dahlias, in sheltered situations, have flowered well, and are even yet 
profusely in flow'er, whilst in the middle of September last year they 
were all destroyed. I have had a plant of Veronica speciosa flowering 
out of doors most abundantly since June, and its branches are now 
laden with seeds. It was planted in a shrubbery border in May, 
with a south-east aspect. As its branches hung on the ground, the 
heavy rains often despoiled its beauty; but in other respects it has 
been an acquisition among our border plants. I wish to draw atten¬ 
tion to the subject of Roses, respecting which Mr. Rivers has given 
so much valuable information through your medium. Some persons 
may have been influenced by the unworthy notion that, because he is 
a dealer in such things, it is his interest to, and therefore only he does, 
recommend them ; but it is a real gratification to be able to say, 
that having, in consequence of his remarks, ordered a few standard 
climbing Roses from him, they have exceeded my expectations, and 
that under unfavourable circumstances, for I did not plant them till 
February, and they have had to brave constantly succeeding storms. 
They flowered profusely during summer, and several are now in 
beauty. Let me here repeat what has so often been said before, the 
