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heat, in a compost of one-third loam and two-thirds leaf mould, 
and being placed on a tank it has the advantage of gentle bottom 
heat.” The latter feature in its treatment may probably be 
adduced as the principal cause of the early developement of 
blossoms which occurred, for the plant appeared to be com¬ 
paratively an infant; now it is well known the contrary is usual 
with plants of this description, a long period of time frequently 
elapsing before it can be ascertained if the trouble bestowed is 
likely to meet an equivalent return ; should it, however, be 
proved, as we imagine it will, that the gentle bottom heat was 
conducive to the production of flowers, some years of attention 
may in future be spared. 
It must not be thought that this treatment bears the least 
resemblance to “forcing” a plant; on the contrary, the bottom 
heatis described as gentle, so that, instead of becoming enervated, 
the plant must be accumulating vigour, and we should also 
remember this group of climbers being natives of very warm 
latitudes, must constitutionally require some such stimulant. 
It does appear somewhat strange truly, that a circumstance 
which, when pointed out, seems no more than a common sense 
view of the case, should never before have arrested our atten¬ 
tion ; however, we are glad that the application of bottom heat 
to tropical plants, and its beneficial effects, are beginning to be 
understood and properly appreciated by cultivators generally, 
and we trust it will be yet more extensively adopted.— Editor. 
A SELECT LIST OF PICOTEES. 
Sir, — Thinking a selection of the names of some of the very 
best show flowers might prove useful to those of your readers 
who are purchasing this season, I enclose the following, all of 
which I have .'proved to be first rate. There are some other new 
ones about which report speaks most favourably, but I have not 
grown them yet, so cannot speak from my own knowledge of 
them. 
Heavy-edged Rose. 
Green’s Queen. 
Wilmer’s Princess Royal. 
Brink] er’s Beauty. 
