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PART V. 
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE, 
ON NATURAL HISTORY, HORTICULTURE, AND RURAL AFFAIRS 
I.—QUERIES,. ANSWERS, REMARKS, &c. 
Vines in Pots. —Gentlemen, I beg leave to make a few remarks on some of 
the Articles contained in the 1st Number of your Horticultural Register. 1st— 
Does 51 r. Stafibrd intend the floor of the pit'to be level throughout, and the flues 
to be raised from that level; or is it intended that the floor shall be on a level with 
the top of the horizontal flue (Noo 1. Page 7, a) there being no paving shown 
between the flue last mentioned, and the section, (a 2,) leaves the matter indoubt? 
What is the utility of the compartment (//,) and the disadvantage of the top (g) 
being level instead of being sloped; the small holes in the hack wall, (««,) re¬ 
quire explanation; how are they connected wi;li the horizontal flues? (/) called 
the furnace, I presume means the stove. 
Harriso}i and Cvrtis’s New Mode of Glazing. —This mode of 
Glazing, will, I predict, not he found to answer, when the 
framing at the angles gives way, which it will do sooner or 
later, from the shrinking of the wood, or decay. The edges 
of the squares of glass will he found to hear upon each other, 
and will fly; to delay this evil, I would recommend the use of 
diagonal bars of copper or iron, one fourth of an inch thick, 
and half-ari-inch wide, inserted flush with the tops of the bars 
and rabbet of the outer frame and screwed down to them,—as 
in figure 21. 
On Changing the Colour of the Flowers of the Hgdrangea 
Hortensis. —It is probable that the water used to moisten the 
soil and sheep’s-dung, is a Chalybeate; Rusticus will pro¬ 
bably enquire, and let us know the result. 
071 Neglect of Forest Planting in Great Britam. —It is evident Quercus is not 
acquainted with the legal difficulties that interpose between the desire to plant, and 
the right to plant; and then comes the grand question,—the profit of planting. 
Has he ever known an instance of five pound per cent interest and the capital got 
hack at compound interest for planting? Is land worth the expense of planting, 
fencing, taking care of, and paying rates and taxes, Parliamentary and Parochial, 
that is of less value for Agricultural purposes, than ten shillings an acre? Of 
course I mean land in severalty. Clear answers to these questions would speak 
volumes for and against planting. 
On retardhig the hloommg seaso7i of Roses. —51 r. Haywood says the Rose hushes 
are to remain untouched till t\\G buds have pushed half-an-inch long; the shoots 
are then to he shortened beloio where the buds have pushed.—Will you have the 
goodness to explain this subject? 
High-Holborn, ,hihj Uth, 1831. J. D. 
Answer to Vigorniensis. —Gentlemen, in answer to the Queries of Vigorniensis 
in your last number, I beg to say, 
1st.—1 take a plant in March, raised the preceding year, bead it down, and put it 
in one of the pots I recommended, 
2nd,— This plant is placed upon the front flue of the vinery, and the strongest 
shoot selected, which is trained to the length of five feet betwixt the Vines on the 
rafters and every attention is paid to give the leaves an opportunity of expanding 
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