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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
One of Us.— Prune your plant of Passijiora princeps immediately, or the 
flowering will be very late, cut the weak straggling shoots back to within 
four or five joints, and shorten the strongest; it is seldom this species suc¬ 
ceeds in a greenhouse, and probably the long continuance of severe weather 
we have experienced this winter has affected it — we shall always be happy 
to answer your inquiries. 
J. G. S. — The traps mentioned in our last may shortly be procured in 
any quantity, at 82. Fleet Street; it is essential to perfect success that they 
be kept clean. Ilou will find a selection of the best Pansies in the corre¬ 
spondence of the February Xo., to which we must beg to refer vou. 
A Subscriber. —Sow your Verbena Seed directly, some of it will probably 
vegetate at once, but the greater portion is more likely to remain months 
before it will appear—a gentle hot-bed is the best place for it. 
T. S.—No. 6. of your seedling Cinerarias is the only one we should 
think of preserving ; colour light cerulean blue, white centre, form and 
substance tolerably good. 
An Inquirer.— The past winter has indeed been a severe trial for heating 
apparatus of all descriptions; so far as our own experience goes, we are even 
more strongly disposed in favour of tanks; we have them of wood, cement 
and iron, and all have done their work admirably, without trouble, and with 
but comparatively small expenditure of fuel. 
An Axiateur. — The following ferns will probably suit you; they are 
pretty, distinct, easy of management, and not expensive :—Polypodium 
aureum ; Adiantum a?thiopicum; A. iapillus Veneris; Pteris serrulata; 
P. hastata ; P. chinensis ; Blechnum occidentale ; Aspienium bipartitum ; 
A. flabelliferum; Nephrodium exaltatum; Aspidium molle. 
CALENDAR FOR APRIL. 
The severe winter, through which we have passed, has so 
retarded vegetation that nearly all hardy plants have still to 
expand their blossoms. Even the hazel has barely been able 
to loosen its yellow catkins to the breeze; and the snowdrop 
has hardly earned its name among the storms of this inclement 
season. To the collector of native specimens, therefore, the 
present spring will be a busy one, as nearly all the plants men¬ 
tioned in the previous calendars for this year will still have to 
flower, whilst to those who like spring walks, (and who does not?) 
