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February 2, 1901. 
you may stand the boxes in a stove at a temperature 
of 6o°, p acing the same near the light. Introduce 
fresh baichts of a quantity according to your re¬ 
quirements every ihree weeks, as forced roots under 
any circumstances soon decay. Never hesitate to 
let us know how you succeed or otherwise. 
Solanums Losing their Leaves. — H. / : There is 
little or no cccadon to be alarmed on account of the 
leaves falling, as it is usual for most of them to fall 
some time during the winter in a cool hoase, more 
particularly if th“y have been kept in a high tem- 
perature any time la-t summer or aututni. If there 
is nothing wrong with the roots the plant > will come 
all rDht again when they commence to grow next 
spring. About the middle of March you should 
cut all the young shoots back to wiihin two or three 
buds of the base of last year’s shoots. Do not give 
them much water till they begin to develop leaves 
again, but so n after cutting them down place them 
in a little more heat to encourage fresh growth. As 
the season advances gradually harden off the plants 
by putting them first in a cool greenhouse and then 
a cold frame, so as to prepare them for planting out 
in June, when the weather is fairly settled and watm. 
Plant them in the open garden in a bed of well pre¬ 
pared garden soil, watering them occasionally in dry 
wiaiher. Lift them carefully about the middle of 
September, with baits of soil at the roots, and pot 
them up firmly ; place them in a frame, water them 
with a rosed watering pot, and keep the frame closed 
for a week or ten days till the plants get established 
in the fresh soil. 
Marguerite Cuttings going bad.— H.I. : We 
believe from what you state that your cuttings have 
been badly attacked by the Chrysanthemum Leaf 
Miner (Phytomyza nigricornis). We have seen 
annual and other Chrysanthemums more or less 
completely, and some of them totally destroyed in 
quantity by the mining of this insect in the leaves. 
Would you be good enough to send us some speci¬ 
mens just beginning to go bad, and a good specimen 
showing the plant in a bad state of decay, and we 
shall be able to determine whether the attack is due 
to insects or fungi ? In the meantime you could 
make preparations for making a fresh start with 
clean cuttings in February or March, according to 
the command of heat you have for rooting them. 
The heat you mention would be sufficient towards 
the end of March, as the sunheat would then be 
stronger, and enable you to root fresh cuttings. If 
you send some of the cuttings with roots, stems and 
eaves, as above desired, we shall examine them and 
be pleased to assist you by describing remedies either 
for the remainder of your stock, or for future 
guidance. 
Names of Plants.— D. W. : i, Reinwardtia tri- 
gyna; 2, Begonia incarnata insignis; 3, Begonia 
Rtx var.; 4, Pteris cretica Mayi; 6, Lastrea decom- 
posita glabella.— D. C.: 1, Picea orientalis ; 2, Picea 
excelsa ; 3, Abies glauca ; 4, Abies nordmanniana.— 
A. C. : 1, Cyprlpedium leeanum superbum; 2, 
Cypripedium callosum ; 3, Denbrobium nobile var.; 
4, Odontoglessum andersonianum. — T. B. : 1, 
Daedalacanthus nervosus ; 2, Begonia knowsleyana ; 
3, Carex Morovii variegata ; 4, Othonna crassifolia; 
5, Chlorophytum elatum variegatum — R. M : 
r, Fatsia japonica is the correct name of the plant; 2, 
Polystichura angulare proliferum. 
Communications Received. —D. McGregor — 
H. Pratt.—M. Temple.—Walter Hogarth.—Sutton 
and Sons.—A. L.—R. M.—A. J. B.—R. H.—S.— 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Z. Coleman, High Street, Sandwich, Kent.— De¬ 
scriptive Catalogue of Select Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds 
H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither GreeD, 
Lewisham.—H. J. Jones’ Chrysanthemum Guide; 
also Descriptive Catalogue of New and Choice 
Plants, also a Concise List of the Best Vegetable and 
Flovter Seeds for 1901. 
Louis Van Houtte Pere, The Royal Nurseries 
and Seed Establishment, Ghent, Belgium.—Cata¬ 
logue of Begonias, Gesneriaceous Plants, Palms, &c. 
Thos. S. Ware, Ltd., Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Feltham, Middlesex. — Seed Catalogue, 1901, 
Begonias, Chrysanthemums, Gladioli, &c. 
FIXTURES FOR 1901. 
(Secretaries of shows will oblige us by sending early notice 
of their fixtures.) 
February. 
4.—Wimbledon Horticultural Society Meeting. 
12,—R.H.S Committees. 
15. —Gardeners’ Orphan Fund (Annual Meeting and 
Election). 
26.—R.H.S. Committees. 
28.—Kew Guild Annual Meeting. 
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