ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Climbing Hydrangea.— Mrs. E. R. Green, Rensselaer 
Co., N. Y.—There is a plant popularly known as Climb¬ 
ing Hydrangea; it is botanically known as Schizo- 
phragma Hydrangeoides, and introduced from Japan by 
Thomas Hogg, Esq. It is a handsome, rapid-growing 
plant, with almost all the characters of the Hydrangea, 
having white flowers similar to those of the shrubby 
species. It clings with tenacity to any tree or building 
by which it may be planted, and attains a height of 50 
feet. It remains a long time in flower, and is perfectly 
hardy. It was first sent out by Peter Henderson & Co., 
of N. Y., and can be obtained from them or from any 
of our leading florists. 
Polyantha Rose .—Margaret Jones, Montgomery Co., 
Pa.—By referring to the October (1888) number of the 
Cabinet, you will find all the information you require 
in regard to this Rose. 
Chinese Wistaria.— Mrs. S. K. Mitchell, Greene Co., 
Ohio—If your Wistaria was planted in the open ground, 
as it should be, there is no reason why it should not 
grow as rapidly as any other shrub and be as free from 
insect pests. 
Bouvardia Humboldtii.— Mrs. H. M. Perkins —This 
plant will drop its leaves, mostly, when at rest, the 
same as the other species. But little rest is required by 
any of them. 
Earth-worms in pots deprive the soil of the ele¬ 
ments that sustain plant life, besides rendering it heavy 
and sour. 
Camellia.— Mrs. Lucius G. Atkinson, N. J.—Your 
plants do not want to grow until after flowering. Give 
them for the present but little water, keep the foliage 
and branches clean by means of a wet sponge and give 
them but little sun, and have the temperature not above 
50 deg. or below 32 deg. We expect to give our readers 
an article on Camellia culture, in the April number, by 
our well-known correspondent, C. E. Parnell, Esq. 
Poinsettia.— Same —We do not consider this plant at 
all adapted for house culture. Our advice would be to 
throw it away and substitute something more desii'- 
able. Its requirements are heat, light, and moisture, 
and in such quantities as the dwelling-house cannot 
furnish. 
Variegated Tuberose.— H. C. G., Corpus Christi— 
Give it rest, and at the time you staid your vegetable 
garden, break off the small ones and plant them all in 
the open ground; the old bulb will be likely *to flower 
and the young ones may. We. do not know where the 
Cherokee Rose can be obtained. .Apply to some of the 
florists of our Southern States. 
Tuberose.— Mr. James M. Lamb, Fayetteville, N. C,, 
says, in reply to the query of D. A. M., in the Cabinet 
of January, that he has flowerbed them successfully in 
the house, treated as follows: “ I plant small bulbs, say 
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from three-fourths to one inch in diameter, early in the 
season—the time to plant must be regulated by the sec¬ 
tion ; plant in good garden soil, and grow on until 
October 1st, by which time they will begin to show 
signs of throwing up their flower stalks. Then dig up 
carefully and pot in eight-inch pots, using good, rich 
soil. Place in a warm, shaded situation until there is 
danger of frost, when they must be taken into the 
house, where they will bloom if they have a southern 
exposure and if the temperature does not fall below 
50 deg. I find this plan much better than the common 
custom of keeping strong bulbs until August and then 
starting them.” 
Clematis from Seed .—“Jersey Lily ."—The lai’ge- 
flowered Clematis are exceeding difficult to increase from 
seed, unless the seed is sown in pans or pots, and kept 
in a cool greenhouse. It should be sown soon as ripe, 
and as a rule it will not germinate in less than from six 
to nine months, and often not till the following year. 
Therefore, it is not an uncommon thing to get 
discouraged and throw the soil in which the seeds are, 
away. This should not be done too hastily, since a 
period of eighteen months may possibly elapse, in cer¬ 
tain cases, before germination takes place. 
Chorozema.— Same —Nearly all the species of* this 
interesting genus have a ti-ailing or scandent habit, some 
of them particularly so. 
Hoya.— Mrs. Russ, Richardson, Ill.--See Februaiy 
number of Cabinet for the needs of this plant. 
English Ivy.— Same —A wooden tub is no better for 
this plant than a common earthen pot; it is just as good, 
however, and is not in danger of being bi’oken. We 
are pleased to learn that our gift of flower-seeds was so 
fully appreciated. 
Flowers in a Pit.— Tliora —The cause of your failure, 
or of your partial failui-e, comes from the want of air. 
There should at all times be ventilation; when the 
weather will permit, open the sash wide; when very 
cold open but little, and keep the oil-stove burning. 
This will keep up a constant circulation of air, which 
is as essential to the health of the plant as it is to the 
health of the individual. Plants will survive a cold, 
dry atmosphere, but never a cold, damp one. Puttying 
the caps of the glass was a mistake. For the other 
knowledge you require, we should refer you to Peter 
Henderson & Co., New York. 
Marie Louise Violets.— Mrs. C. H. S., Greenville, 
Miss.—These Violets cannot be made to bloom in your 
climate, unless you grow them in pots, which should be 
plunged to the rim in moist earth, and all the runners 
kept cut off, then they will flower freely all winter. As 
it is you got all plant and no flower. When in pots they 
soon get root-bound, which throws them into flower. 
Rose Mad. Sylvester.— Mrs. C. Staufer —We do not 
know the rose; have never before heard of it. 
