ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Camellia Seed —Esther WooUn. Camellia Seed may 
remain in the earth fully a year before gei-minalmg, 
mid. unless the seed is perfectly fresh, it will not be 
likely to germinate much sooner. 
Tuberose Bulbs in Winter.-^ima H., Jonesuille, 8. 
C. Keep Tuberose bulbs in a dry, warm room. A good 
plan is to tie them up or string them up, and hang under 
the bench of a greenhouse, or in a dry, warm cellai-. 
If they are kept in a cool, moist room, they will decay in 
the centi-e, thus desU'oying the flower spike. 
Bridal Rose.-A. L. B. We are delighted to hear 
some one ask for information in regard to this almost 
forgotten and sadly neglected plant, long since dis¬ 
carded from our greenhouses, and rarely met excepting 
in the windows of the poorer classes, vrliere it may be 
seen in some old broken pitcher, and occasionally in 
some private conservatoiy, where its beauties are ap¬ 
preciated. This plant requii'es but a short period of rest, 
and then may be kept in any dry room, where it does 
not freeze. Water but sparingly during that period. 
Calceolarias.— il/rs. G. W. B., Montgomery City, Mo. 
Your experience ivith these plants is about the same as 
that of most others. There are two classes of this inter¬ 
esting family of plants, one shnibby, the other herba¬ 
ceous. The several siiecies ai'e natives of Peru, and are 
found along the line of the sea. Their period of growth 
is in the moist or rainy season, and they will not tlirive 
in any other. When well grown in the gi'eenhouse they 
are beautiful and desirable objects, but in the open air 
of our climate they are destroyed by the fli'st dry wind. 
We have had the shrubby varieties do very well when 
planted under a south fence or wall, in very rich soil, 
in no other situation are they at all desirable. The her¬ 
baceous class can only be grown in the greenhouse. 
Paeonies.— L. B. Shaw. Pa 2 onies, and all hardy her¬ 
baceous plants, should be divided at this season when a 
division, because of overgrowth, or for the piu'poses of 
sale, is desirable. 
Azalea.— M. M. B., Toledo. From tliis time until the 
fii'St March keep your plants as near the freezing point 
as possible, without touching it. They succeed far 
better if wintered in a cold frame, and not brought into 
the conservatory untU aU necessity for artiflcial heat is 
past. When the flower buds begin to swell syringe 
daily, which will be all the watering they will require, 
imtil new growth has commenced. 
Liliums.— Amateur; We tliink if a better plan for 
most soils and situations, to remove aH the varieties ex¬ 
cepting Candidum, in the Spring. We have always 
found the varieties of Canadense to remain constant, a 
change of [soil, however, may change the color of the 
flower to some extent. 
Fancy Caladliums.— Same. Give them perfect rest in 
a dry, wann situation until the first of Maroli, then 
shake the tubers out of the pots, and put them in, a pot 
or box fiUed with spagnmn (moss) and sand mixed; 
water liberally, and give them a warm situation, one 
where they can have gentle bottom-heat. Growth will 
soon commence; when the young shoots are half an 
inch in length, take the tubers out of the sand and cut 
into as many pieces as there are eyes or shoots; put 
these singly in small pots and grow on in a warm house, 
shifting as often as the pots are filled with roots. For 
large specunen plants, the tubers may remain for many 
years undivided, and make magnificent specimen or 
show plants. For this purpose start in pots, commenc¬ 
ing with those just large enough to accommodate the 
bulb, shifting frequently into larger pots as long as re¬ 
quired. 
Will you tell me the best treatment for a Datura 
Arborea Alba ?—(Brugmansia Suaviolens). The plant 
should grow from fom’ to six feet high, florists say, and 
yet I have had one nearly a year, and it has neither 
giown nor flowered. I have two magnificent Palms; 
must I put them in my pit this Winter, or keep them in 
the house'/ I bought ten ever-blooming Tea Roses from 
Peter Henderson in the Spring; do you think them 
sufficiently strong to leave out-of-doors all Winter? 
I will be very grateful for answers to the above ques¬ 
tions.— m. c. M., Bardstown, Ky. 
We cannot imagine anything that would interfere 
ivith tlie gi-owth of the Brugmansia; the trouble gen¬ 
erally is, they grow too much. In order to flower them 
■well they should be gro-wn in pots, and allowed to be- 
come root-bound. They need a short period of rest dur¬ 
ing Winter, the indications of which -^vill be the dropping 
of their leaves. 
Palms will do well either in,the pit or in the house ; 
give them but little water during the Winter. 
Roses—Teas, will not require protection in yom’ cli¬ 
mate. 
Clianthus Dampieri.—Belle R., Detroit. This is a 
perennial plant, but can be successfully grown as an an¬ 
nual, by sowing the seeds in a hot-bed about the first of 
April, and removing the sash as soon as all dangers 
from frost are past. The plants must not be removed 
from the seed beds; transplanting, is, as a rule, fatal to 
them. We have grown them successfully in the flower- 
garden, planting the seeds where they were to grow; 
they flower profusely from the first of September, until 
killed by frost. 
Crotons.—Alice A. Smith. These plants are increased 
by cuttings from half-ripened wood. They root freely 
in sand, but require good bottom heat and a humid at¬ 
mosphere. They require to be grown in a very warm 
house, with all the light possible. As a house plant 
they are not a success. 
Dendrobium Nobile .—John S,, New City, N. Pi. 
This is one of the finest Orchids in cultivation, when we 
take into consideration its free flowering habit and the 
little dififlculty there is in its management. The blos¬ 
soms, which are pink and white, ■with a spot of criinson 
in the centre of the lip, are borne along the sides of the 
stem, principally at, and near, the top. It should be 
grown in a cool house, and the blooms are produced 
from February until Jime, and if properly managed the 
