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Queries^ Answers, Remarks, ^c. 
your Register, he requests to be informed whether this is the same insect which 
attacks the Cherry, I beg leave to inform him that it is not; the former being 
the Aphis Fabae, and the latter the A. Cerasi, neither of which I conceive capable 
of existing long on the food of the other. 
SERAMALEA. 
Retarding the Blooming of Roses. —In answer to J. D., page 185, I beg to 
state that the shoots under the operation of pruning are those of the previous 
year’s growth, and the pruning is delayed whilst the upper buds have pushed some 
length, and then the shoots of the previous year are shortened below where any 
bud has pushed this season, so that the dormant buds u|)on the remaining part of 
each shoot may be excited. 
J. HAYWOOD. 
Auriculas. —Will Mr. Revell be so obliging as to give a substitute for old Ants’ 
Nests in his compost for Auriculas, that is, if any thing else will do as well? 
Passifloras. —Perhaps some of your Correspondents would send you an article 
on the Culture of Passifloras, and other greenhouse plants ? 
T. 11. 
Polishing Shells. — Gentlemen, you would oblige some of your Subscribers il 
you would give, as soon as possible, the best and most simple method of Polishing 
Shells. T. H. 
Mespilos Japonica. —I shall be obliged if you will inform me how to cultivate 
the Mespilus Japonica. Yours, &c. 
_ Delta. 
Melons and Cdcumbebs. —The Conductors, in their Review of Mr. Lindley’s 
Guide, (Horticultural Register, page 161,) say that Cuttmgs are preferable 
under all circwnstances, either for Cucumbers or Melons. Do they mean by this, 
to assert that the culture of these plants may, by cuttings of bearing plants in 
autumn, be extended throughout the winter ; and thus the necessity of sowing the 
ensuing spring be obviated ^ A few plain, practical bints on this interesting sub¬ 
ject, in as much as respects the time and method, soil, and general treatment of 
such cuttings, would be exceedingly valuable. 
Fmknerfs Green. G. I. T. 
Toeacgo. —I have this summer grown a few plantaof the Virginia and Orouooka 
Tobacco, for the purpose of fumigating and washing shrubs and plants, and find 
that by any method 1 adopt, the leaves become a mere tissue, witliout substance, 
and totally unlike the imported herb. Will any of your Correspondents point out 
a mode by which the plant can be properly dried, so as, in a degree at least, to 
resemble in colour, texture, and quality, the Tobacco of America? 
G. I. T. 
Vegetable Marrow. —Gentlemen, A Constant Reader, in page 227, enquires 
about practicability of cottagers cultivating the Vegetable Marrow. In reply to 
his enquiry, I beg to state, that if the object of cottagers is to make the most of 
what ground they may cultivate as gardens, the cull ivatiou ofthe Vegetable Marrow 
will not answer the purpose. My statement is founded upon experience. At 
