ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 
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ARTICLE II.—ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 
To Adolescens, page 330.—Dahlias succeed very well when 
planted at once into the borders, if it be done after the frosts are over. 
To A. B. page 90.—We have tried many methods, but we find 
none more simple and efficacious than carefully to place the fruit 
when dry in earthern jars, without any packing, and to cover the 
tops of the jars with bladder. The jars are then set in a cool drv 
room, where they can be but little affected by atmospheric changes. 
Page 188. The small poles of Scotch fir might be used for rails, but 
they are far from being strong. Perhaps the best use to which they 
could be applied, would be to convert them into charcoal. 
To a Graveller, page 517.—An article on the Heartsease is 
partly prepared, but the answers to the other subjects on which he 
enquires must be deferred for want of room. 
To C. C. C. C. page 89.—A paper on mixing soils will shortly 
appear, page 517-18. Cuttings of myrtles will strike very well in 
May or June ; perhaps better than at any other time. Fuchsias are 
propagated with little trouble in spring. As soon as the young shoots 
are an inch and a half long, pull them off, and plant them in a pot 
filled with peat, sand and leaf-mould, and let the pots be placed in a 
warm situation. They will also grow very well in autumn, from cut¬ 
tings of ripened wood, but they require a much longer period than 
the former to strike. Both the Lonicera arid Jasmine will grow 
freely, if ripened cuttings be planted in August or September. Also 
in spring, provided the previous summer’s wood be made use of.— 
The suggestion in the query on the vegetation of seeds is correct. 
China Roses will strike in the spring without glasses, with the great¬ 
est freedom ; and there is in autumn but little difficulty attending 
their propagation. 
To Amicus, page 518.—Throwing lime upon the land, or digging 
it in, will effect- little towards the destruction of slugs, unless the 
operation be performed when the snails are on the surface. If ground 
much infested with slug’s be lightly covered over with good quick¬ 
lime, at ten o’clock at night, and about three or four o'clock in the 
morning, in still fine weather, and the operation be repeated for a 
few times, most if not all the slugs will be destroyed. See Vol. 1, 
p. 166. The brine for soaking the turnip seeds may be readily pre¬ 
pared by mixing a quantity of salt in water; the seeds should be 
soaked about three hours ; sec page 376. But we beg to be under¬ 
stood that we do not give this last advice from our own knowledge, 
having never made the experiment. 
