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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 
ARTICLE XX.—QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY THE CONDUCTOR. 
To P. P. a Constant Reader. —The new variety of Furze 
may be easily propagated by either layers or cuttings; the former 
may be performed in April and May ; making the tongue on the 
upper side of the branch to be layered, and slightly twisting it, 
whilst pegging down, or from the brittle nature of the branches they 
are liable to break in the operation. Half-ripened cuttings will strike 
freely, if planted in light soil in a shady situation, and be covered 
with a handglass. 
To C. C. C. C. page 42.—We have not paid any particular at¬ 
tention to raising any young plants of the variety of Oak, noticed 
by Mr. Murphy, but the trees bear abundance of acorns, which we 
have no doubt, will produce the same variety. Grafting will answer 
perfectly well. 
To a Subscriber, page 43_The roots of all the species of 
Schizanthus are very tender, and easily injured; the first effects of 
injury visible, is the drooping of the leaves of the plants, as if for 
want of water, which is too often administered as a remedy ; very 
shortly after drooping, the plant falls over, the stem having.cankered 
just above the soil. We have more than once experienced this; and 
as a remedy we recommend the pots in which they are grown to be 
well drained, and the plants to be rather elevated in the centre of the 
pots, judicious waterings, and light soil. Those intended for the 
principal flowering we recommend to be sown the previous summer, 
or early in the autumn ; and in February and March two more sow¬ 
ings should be made to succeed each other. The autumn sowings, 
or rather those of the previous summer, should be sown in the mid¬ 
dle of July and beginning of August. Light rich mould is the most 
suitable for the purpose. As soon as the plants have formed two 
proper leaves, pot them in sixty-sized pots, drained so as to allow 
the water to pass oft* freely. They should remain in these pots in a 
cool airy part of the greenhouse, or dry frame during the winter ; 
and about the beginning of March be shifted into pots a size larger, 
which shifting should b.e repeated as often as the roots reach to the 
sides of the pots. The soil should be composed of about equal parts 
of peat, well rotted dung, and light sandy loam. When the frosts 
are over, the plants may either be turned into the borders in a light 
sandy soil, or reserved to flower in pots at the option of the cultivator. 
