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Water Lily.— I wish to inquire through your 
columns if some flower-lover from Massachusetts will 
furnish me with a root of Nymphsea odorata rosea, 
either in exchange or otherwise. Georgia B. Carver 
sent me two roots of the white in May, and contrary 
to her expectations it lias bloomed, and has grown 
beautifully in a tub sunk in a flower-bed. It has ex¬ 
cited much admiration, as it does not grow here. 
Mrs. R. S. Truslow. 
Kanawha C. H., W, Va. 
Coboea Scandens. —In the July No. of Floral 
Cabinet the question is asked if the Coboea Scandens 
will bloom the fiist year from seed. It is answered 
that it flowers the second year. I have a plant four 
months old from seed, which stands fifteen feet high, 
and is in bloom. Mrs. Lois C. Bush. 
Angle Worms. — 1. Do you know of any remedy 
for angle worms when they get in the earth in flower¬ 
pots. 2. What treatment do Dracaenas require in the 
winter? 3. Also, Begonias, leopard and silver-leaf? 
N. J. B. 
Answer. —1. Water with lime-water. 2. Dracae¬ 
nas require a warm place, and to be kept tolerably 
wet; wash the foliage every week if grown in the 
house. 3. Keep the Begonias rather dry during the 
winter. 
Wax Plant.— 1. Information relative to the proper 
treatment of a Wax Plant is desired, and will bo 
thankfully received by the writer from any of the nu¬ 
merous readers of the Cabinet. The plant in ques¬ 
tion is quite large, and of luxuriant growth until about 
a month since, when the frame seeming too small, it 
was changed for a new one, without, however, dis¬ 
turbing the roots, since which time the leaves have 
lost their bright green color, and now present an un¬ 
healthy appearance, with shrivelled edges, &c., and 
gives no sign of budding, although this is the proper 
season. 2. Will thank some one also to prescribe 
some particular treatment for the Rhododendron. I 
purchased one last spring, while in bud, which bloomed 
beautifully in due time, and was admired by all who 
saw it, who predicted at the same time that it- would 
never bud or bloom again in this climate. From 
present indications their predictions were correct, as 
there are no evidences whatever even of budding. 
Can it be so treated as to force blooms in this 
section ? * , 
Macon, Ga. Subscriber. 
Answer. — I. The Wax Plant is probably broken 
in putting in the new trellis, or it had been over¬ 
watered and the roots are dead; in either case you will 
have to begin with a fresh plant. 2. There is no 
reason why a Rhododendron should not flourish, in 
Georgia, unless it is a litney soil. The plant has 
probably suffered from want of moisture. 
Hanging Basket.— Noticing that fragments of the 
pen were gladly received by the Cabinet, I intend to 
describe to you my Hanging Basket, but more partic¬ 
ularly to speak of my Wandering Jew. My basket is 
made of the root of a dead palm : the latter plant, 
you recollect has a crusty, scaly bark, and is very 
hard; when the palm dies, the fibres inside decay, 
and leave a perfectly hard hollow vessel, which is en¬ 
tirely round. Of this hull, I made my basket, fasten¬ 
ing a tin bottom, and suspending by a rope, I placed 
it on the northwest side of the gallery where it would 
receive a light sun. I then filled it with a light soil, 
and in the centre I planted a Fern ; around the edges 
I set Wandering Jew and Moneywort. The latter 
having the smallest leaves, 1 trained up the ropes, and 
the Wandering Jew I left to grow around the sides of 
the basket. One year has not elapsed since it was 
planted, and it has not only covered the sides, but has 
grown about a foot and a half below it; all the limbs 
twining together beautifully, forming a complete net¬ 
work below the basket. 1 make a practice of water¬ 
ing it every morning, and lately it has been damp 
continually, in consequence of daily rain. I have 
never heard of Wandering Jew blossoming, but believe 
me when I tell you I was pleasantly surprised by the 
appearance of a delicate little blossom at the extremi¬ 
ties of several limbs. It is of a light purple color, and 
has only the slightest fragrance, Its life is very brief, 
twelve hours being the time allotted for its earthly 
career. It uncloses its trio of petals when the ■sun is 
about two hours high, and closes them again before 
twilight. The best way to produce many blossoms, is 
to keep it damp continually ; some plant in water 
altogether, but I have never tried it in this way; I 
imagine the soil strengthens the plant. I have also 
growing on the sides of my basket, a few twigs of 
piney woods moss. It is different from the moss of 
which beds are made, and I do not think it is used for 
any of the same purposes It is of a light green 
color, and would be an ornament to any lady’s basket. 
The Floral Cabinet is a monthly visitor at our resi¬ 
dence, and many a'pleasant hour have- I spent, 
perusing its interesting columns. Whoever subscribes 
for this little paper, can truly say, their money is well 
spent. Miss G. H. C. 
Coboea Scandens.—1. How shall I treat my Coboea 
Scandens this winter, that I may preserve it for another 
season ? Will tire root, planted out the second year, 
do as well as a seedling, and would it be advisable to 
save it ? It is a fine plant, measuring thirty-six feet 
in height, and covered with more than a hundred buds 
and blossoms. It is planted where it gets the sun 
until 9 a. m., in a soil of leaf-mold, rotted turf and 
sand, equal parts. Have watered it thoroughly thrice 
a week, and given liquid manure a few times during 
the summer. 2. I have a rustic basket, in which are 
fine plants of Vinca Major, Centaurea, Abutilon 
Thompsonii, variegated leaved Geraniums, Fuchsia, 
Begonia Rex, etc. Can any of them be saved to be 
replanted in thjs spring, and what is the best way of 
keeping them through the winter? 
Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. S. B. Butts. 
Answer. —1. As your young plants have done so 
well, it would be best to plant a young plaut another 
year. 2. Tin 1 same answer to this ; it is seldom large 
plants are worth the trouble of housing. 
Pomegranate, Crape Myrtle, etc. — 1. Will you 
inform the readers of the Floral Cabinet how to 
propagate Dwarf Pomegranate and Crape Myrtle ? 
2. What is the proper treatment of Cinerarias, also 
for herbaceous and shrubby Calceolarias? 3. What 
is the best work on window gardening? 4. Will 
herbacious Calceolarias succeed as bedding plants? 
Jennie A. Remmtngton. 
Rustic Hanging Basket. —I am a little girl, 
thirteen years old, and I thought I would suggest a 
design for a rustic basket. Procure a good sized 
gourd, cut out half of it (that extending from the 
larger part to the end of the handle), leaving four 
strips a half an inch wide an equal space apart from 
the end of the handle to the remaining half. Then 
paint, or varnish if you choose, and fill up the interior 
with earth,' and plant vines, Moss, Dew Plant, or Ice 
Plant, which is a favorite with me. This looks very 
pretty, and it is cheaply and easily contrived. Can 
you tell me when the Jerusalem Cherries bloom ? 
We have had ours two years, and they have never 
borne any cherries. Will the Calla Lily bloom all 
winter if in water ? Dollie Harding. 
Nelson Station, Cal. 
Oleander. —Will Elvie E. Larkin give her expe¬ 
rience as to the White Oleandei ? It has so often been 
spoken pf as being very tender and not producing 
flowers to compare with the other varieties, conse¬ 
quently raised principally as a curiosity. Her name 
appeared in the January number of the Floral Cab¬ 
inet. Will she give her address ? 
Orange. Floral Sub. 
Wandering Jew. —N. H. asks, in the last Floral 
Cabinet, how many kinds of Wandering Jew there 
are, and at what age it blooms. I have the brown 
and green variegated. I bought it as a small plaut in 
the spring and it has bloomed all summer, a beautiful 
delicate pink blossom. I have two other species-that 
I have never seen bloom. My flower garden, as well 
as my pot plants (of which 1 have a great variety), 
have been admired by all as the finest in our city. 
Mrs. P. C. M. 
Some Choice Plants for a Fernery. — While 
herborizing this summer, we have found in the depths 
of a sphagnum swamp, which none but an enthusiastic 
botanist would have the hardihood to penetrate, some 
very interesting little plants embedded in moss, which 
we think would thrive in a fernery, and would be very 
beautiful for that purpose. I will give the names of a 
few we should deem particularly desirable : Chiogenes 
hispidula (Creeping Snowberry), Drosera rotundifolia 
(Sundew), small plants of Sarracenia purpurea (Pitcher 
Plant), Coptis trifolia (Gold Thread), Dalibardia 
repens, Mitella nuda, Smilecina trifolia, also Mitchell® 
repens (Partridge Berry), which is much more com¬ 
mon. Nearly all that we have named are evergreens 
of dwarf habit, and all would be very attractive in a 
fernery. If any of the readers of the Cabinet wish 
to exchange greenhouse plants, Roses, or fall bulbs 
(named or good varieties), for any or all of these, and 
will furnish a list ot what plants they have to offer, 
and will specify what they desire, we will promptly 
attend to their orders. We can also furnish many 
varieties of native ferns, including A'diantum (Maiden¬ 
hair), Botrychium (Moonwort), and dwarf plants of 
Dieksonia, Aspidium and Asplenium. 
Mrs. F. A. Curtiss. 
Central Square, N. Y. 
Mats. — Will the little boy’s mamma be so very 
kind as to tell me, through the Floral Cabinet, 
how the drawn in mats mentioned in the May number 
are made? Jinnie. 
Answer. —1. By cuttings. 2. Both plants require to Tuberoses.— What shall I do to make Tuberoses 
be kept cool and moist : grow in rich soil: the least frost blossom ? Please, tell me through the Cabinet, and 
! Will spoil Cinerarias, which are usually raised from oblige a subscriber and agent. Mollie. 
seed; Calceolarias from cuttings; these would do for Answer .—(Plant thorny bulbs the end of May, or, if 
. bedding. 3. William’s Window Gardening, to be ob- in a cold locality, start in pots in the house early in 
tained at this office. 4. No. April, and plant in very rich ground early in June. 
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