THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Mat 5, 1859. 
Linurn grandiflorum; but Mrs. Walton finds no trouble at all 
with them in the Case. The reason why has been told repeatedly. 
There is a cold case standing in the greenhouse all the spring by 
the side of the Waltonian (a common box, twenty inches or two 
feet long, a foot or more wide, and nine inches deep), and it is 
covered with two or three loose squares of glass. While the 
Waltonian is kept hard at making cuttings, any hardy or other 
kind of seeds are put in just to accelerate sprouting. As soon as 
the hardy seedlings are up, the pots are transferred to the cold case, 
and the stove ones are left in the Case as long as there is head 
room for them. The same thing must be done with such seeds in 
a Cucumber-bed—no sort of difference between the two modes. 
About the candles for this Case, Mr. West tried Palmer’s people 
at first, but they could not make such a candle as he wanted; 
and Price’s people have not yet been more lucky; but, like the 
Suffolk people, they “ expect.” A candle would be the best 
source of heat after gas, and a lamp the next best.] 
SPRING FLOWERING BULBS. 
"In answer to your correspondent ‘ H. N. E.’ (page 25), I 
beg to say that my Triteleia unijiora is white, with a slight 
tinge of blue in the middle of each petal; in fact, it is exactly 
like the figure of Milla unijiora in ‘ Loudon’s Bulbs.’ The 
plant when bruised has a strong garlic odour. T. unijiora can 
scarcely be called a bulb, being more of a fleshy tuber. I had 
the dry roots from Van Houtte some years since. I enclose a 
bloom for your inspection. Should Mr. Beaton desire a root or 
two for the Experimental, I shall be most happy to hear from 
him. I may here remark, that a root of Brodicea ixioides I had 
from Carter last autumn is very much like T. unijiora ; the only 
difference being that the petals of the Brodisea are slightly curled 
inwards, whilst those of Triteleia are quite smooth. If any of 
your readers have the blue T. -unijiora , or T. laxa , I shall be 
pleased to hear from them. There are also several other bulbs 
described in Loudon, I should be glad to get,—viz., Ixiolirion 
Tartaricum, I. montanum, and Milla bijlora. Can you tell me 
where they are ? 
“ Sangidnaria Canadensis bloomed with me for the first time 
just after my last letter to. you ; its white star-like flowers are 
very beautiful. Anemone apennina is an old favourite with me. 
Is there not a white variety of it ? also, a blue one of it, ne- 
morosa ? In the Cottage Gardeners’ Dictionary there are manv 
varieties of the Anemone enumerated, and many of them, I 
fancy, must be very beautiful. I wish I could get them. Perhaps 
here, again, some of your readers can help me. 
“ The earliest Scilla with me is Scilla palmata, being about a 
fortnight earlier than Siberica, or amcenula prcecox. 
“ I fear I must tire you with my long, rambling letters ; but I 
think that by these means we may, perhaps, be able to hunt up 
many a valuable flower now little known, and so increase the 
beauty of our gardens, and the happiness of ourselves.”— 
Myosotis, Post Office, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. 
[Your Triteleia (pronounced eia) unijiora is “ conspicuous by 
the absence,” as Lord John Russell would say; for it is not a j 
Triteleia at all, but a much scarcer bulb, called Leucocoryne j 
alliacea. It is not quite so handsome as L. ixioides, but is 
superior to any of the Triteleias ; and we doubt not but Mr. 
Beaton would be delighted by having such a rarity presented to 
the Experimental Garden. Y our account of Brodicea ixioides, 
from Mr. Carter, is a sure and certain indication that you have 
not that bulb. In the first place, it never flowers in the spring 
or summer, but always in the autumn, and rather late ; and, in 
the second place, the flowers are as flat and as large as a shilling, 
and the colour is that of the richest light blue Hyacinth. We 
believe we flowered the last bulb of it which bloomed in England, 
more than a dozen years back, and it is the very plant on which the 
genus Leucocoryne was founded. The Ixiolirions are, indeed, most 
beautiful bulbs, but there are none of them in England, as far as 
we know. Tartaricum is the Amaryllis Tartaricum of Pallas, 
and grows on the Altai range, where Picea Nordmanniana comes 
from; and those who procure seeds of P. Nordmanniana could 
as easily procure bulbs of the blue Amaryllis of the Altai. As 
for Ixiolirion montanum, we all of us lost a fair opportunity, this 
spring, of having bushels of it sent over, by not having a skilful 
botanist in the suite of Prince Arthur. It was in flower when he 
left Jerusalem at the end of March, probably from the other side 
of the Mount of Olives, to the confluence of the Dead Sea; 
also, on the east of Jordan, all the way to Aleppo, if not to 
Damascus. So plentiful is it in those parts, that it is one of 
the spring bulbs which was believed, not long since, to have been 
the “ Lily of the Field ; ” but there is very little difference between 
it and the Altai plant, and a third form of it is found in Scythia. 
Milla bijlora is from Mexico, and would live out the winter in 
front of a wall. The flowers are of great substance, and last a 
long while, and are as white as the driven snow ; but where to get 
it—echo says “ where ? ” There is no white Anemone apennina 
on record ; but a blue variety of nemorosa exists ; also a small 
blue Anemone from the Ural range. Scilla palmata must be a 
mistake. There is not a palmate leaf or any other part that could 
be so called, among all the bulbs, as far as we can remember. 
We quite agree that Sanguinaria Canadensis is one of the best 
spring flowers, and wc are ready to take the "field” with you 
whenever there is a “ meet.”] 
PLANTING OUT BEDDING PLANTS-HERBACEOUS 
P2EONIES—CYTISUS RACEMOSUS PRUNING. 
“ As the time for putting out bedding plants is approaching, 
would you kindly tell me whether I should plunge them in the 
j pots, or take them out of the pots before I plant them in the 
! beds ? My soil is a light, sandy one. 
“ Might I trouble you for a list of a few of the best herbaceous 
Paeonies ? 
“ Some of my Perpetual Roses are getting very unhealthy, 
the tops of the shoots die down to near the root. The leaves 
that remain on the plants look quite blanched. I grow them all 
on their own roots. Auguste Mie is particularly unhealthy with 
me. 
“ I have a fine plant of Cytisus racemosus, which has stood 
the last three winters uninjured. It is fully seven feet high, and 
in bloom now. It is getting a little bare about the roots. Would 
you advise me to shorten the branches after it has done flower¬ 
ing?”—A n Amatettb. 
[Bedding plants must be planted out of the potB, except in 
very special cases. 
Lists of any family of plants are fit only for first-rate gardeners. 
Amateurs, and all young beginners, are only bewildered by lists. 
No one can buy all the plants in a list; and unless he has tile prac¬ 
tical experience to select the best kinds for his place, what he does 
buy out of a list may be the most unsuited for him. A few of the 
I best herbaceous Paeonies would cost from five to seven guineas ; 
and would be acceptable to some people, but altogether out of the 
reach of thousands, who could only be disappointed on finding 
out the price of our list. Therefore, we set our faces altogether 
against lists. A selection of this, that, or the other, and not to 
exceed a certain sum per plant, or dozen, is what ninety-nine 
people out of a hundred want when they write for lists. One 
hundred names would not nearly exhaust the herbaceous Pceonies, 
and one-fourth of their numbers are really good kinds ; but ask 
for the best, and they will charge from 7s. 6 d. to 30s. a-piece for 
them. But the following six are very good and very cheap :— 
Tenuifolia, a single and early kind ; Albijlora fragrans, white ; 
TIumea, crimson ; Potsii, crimson ; Wkitlegii, white ; Officinalis 
atrorubens, dark red ; and Paradoxa Jimbriata, purple fringed, 
and all double except the first. Even these will average 2s. or 
2 s. 6d. each. 
Where Auguste Mie will not do on its own roots, Moss, 
Cabbage, and Dog Roses, would not exist at all. The soil is too 
poor and too sandy for Roses ; and none but the coarsest, of the 
Hybrid Chinas have a chance on it. Good heavy mulching, 
plenty of water, and liquid manure occasionally, and to prune 
close, are the only chances under such conditions. 
It is the best plan to prime the Cytisus racemosus as soon as it 
is out of bloom ; and when a plant of it is big enough, the pruning 
may be as closely done as on the Red and White Currants. That 
is as much as reducing the whole of the last growth to the con¬ 
dition of spurs ; but, of course, no one need prune so hard unless 
he chooses. Therefore, you see pruning will not hurt this plant. 
Twenty years back we had plants of it, in pots, about London 
quite as big as yours.] 
THE PANSY FLY—PRUNING THE POMEGRANATE. 
“ Will you be so kind as to tell me the cause of the almost 
utter demolition of some fine Heartsease blossoms, of which I 
enclose a specimen ? From the minute circles in which the petals 
