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QUERIES, ANSWERS, REMARKS, ETC. 
Budding Roses. —Permit a Subscriber to enquire respecting the best method 
Budding Rose Trees, as well as the best time, and sort of bud likely to strike the 
best; having attempted it on several common white or dog rose trees, according 
to the plan laid down in Loudon’s Encyclopaedia of Gardening, &c. but without 
success since July, and no symptom of the buds striking have yet appeared, on 
the contrary, a dark dry withered appearance. 
Perhaps you would afford a clearer account of the method, descriptive and 
plain, and the appearance likely to be assumed if the bud strikes; how much 
besides the bud may be used, &c. &c. J. Thompson. 
Imfolk, Sept. 12th, 1832. 
Preserving Geraniums through the Winter out of Doors. —I should 
feel exceedingly obliged to any of your correspondents, if they would have the 
goodness to inform me of the least troublesome and expensive method of preserv¬ 
ing the Geraniums which have been turned out of pots, and placed in open bor¬ 
ders through the winter; and whether it can be done without repotting them. 
My greenhouse is not large enough to admit them, in addition to the regular 
stock of Geraniums in pots : yet to make the borders handsome, it is necessary 
to have some dozens of scarlet Geraniums. It is my request to be informed, 
how I can best protect them through the winter months. Would they do, if 
carefully taken up, the earth shaken off their roots, and packed in boxes kept in 
the temperature of the cellar ? I am speaking of a case, where neither green 
house nor frames can be afforded for them. Should they be cut down ? would 
they do, if buried in sand or saw-dust? As the winter is coming on, an early 
answer to this question would be gratefully received. J. Mitford. 
Sept. 1st, 1832. 
Culture of Pomegranates Wanted. —I should be much obliged by your 
giving, in an early number, some instructions for the treatment of the Pomegra¬ 
nates single or double, with a view to their free flowering. I have two line trees 
against a south wall, very strong and flourishing, but I cannot succeed in obtain¬ 
ing many flowers from them. I have tried every method I could think of. 
Petersham , near Richmond, Surrey,) A Subscriber. 
Sept, nth, 1832. ' $ 
