304 THE YEAR-BOOK OF AGRICULTURE. 



into pieces about three inches long. I then smoothed the surface of a border in front of a 

 peach wall; upon this I laid the roots flat, at about six inches apart; when the roots -were 

 placed, I covered them with fine silted earth, half an inch deep, gently beaten into the 

 cuttings ; I then laid four inches more of loamy soil, well enriched, giving the whole a good 

 watering, and when dry, smoothed the surface over with the back of the spade. By the 

 middle of May, every cutting had sent one, and some two strong shoots; and on examina- 

 tion, 1 found the soil I had covered the cuttings with to be filled with a mass of fine roots. 

 1 have anxiously watered tin- lied, as, being in a sunning situation, I found it got more dry, 

 more especially so from the bed being raised from the old surface of the border; it would 

 have been better to have sunk it, so as finally to have it even with the surroundings. 



On the Cultivation of the Rynchospermum jasminoides. 



Tnis beautiful climbing plant was introduced into England from Shanghai in the year 

 1844. It is rarely to be met with ; but no doubt when its beauty and adaptibility for grow- 

 ing in green-houses become known, it will be more common. At a little distance this tlower 

 e jasmine, and possesses a delicious odor. The plant is evergreen, and, like the 

 ivy, sends out rootlets up the stems whenever they come in contact with the soil ; hence it is 

 .rated by taking a shoot near the soil, or by cuttings of half-ripened wood. The 

 branches of this plant are moderately stout, and require but little support. 



This plant requires but little cultivation beyond what is required for green-house plants 

 of thi- description. It usually commences flowering in April, and if placed in the green- 

 house, will continue to bloom for six weeks or two months. It thrives best in a soil of one- 

 half turfy loam, one-fourth peat or leaf-mould, and the same of white sand, all well incorpo- 

 rated together. — Tlte Florist and Horticultural Journal. 



New Fact noticed respecting Bulbous Roots. 



Tin; •• Magazine of Horticulture'' say-: What is in common language termed a bulbous 

 root, i- by LinnSBUS termed the hybernacle or winter lodge of a young plant. The bulbs in 

 every respect resemble buds, except in being produced underground, and include the lea 

 and flower in miniature, which are to be expanded in the ensuing spring. 15y cautiously 

 cutting (in the early spring) through the concentric coats of a tulip-root longitudinally from 

 the top to tin' base, and taking them off successively, the whole tlower of the next siimm 

 tulip i- beautifully seen by the naked eye, with its petals, pistil, and stamen. The tlower 



exists in other bulbs in the same mai r; but the individual (lowers of others being I 



they are not go easily detected, or so conspicuous to the naked eye. In the buds of the 

 Daphne mezereon, and in those of the Hepatioa, and at the base of the Oamunda lunaria, a 

 perfect plant of the future year may he found, complete in all its porta. 



Materials for a Cutting Pot. 



PbOYZDI either broken potsherds, pebbles, or chi] ones from a mason's yard, and 



plaee them in the bottom of the pot. Over these put rough, flbrOUfl peat or turf: this will act 



aa drainage, which is most essentia] : then prepare peat, loam, and silver sand in equa] parts, 



with the addition of n little powdered charcoal: let these he well Incorporated together and 



led through a fine sieve; put this compost on the top of the above-mentioned drainage 



and pre--- it well dOWU. Thi* nm-t lie in Sufficient quantity to teach within 1.', inch of the 



top of the p't. Finish with pure silver sand, and let the whole be well watered, to settle all 



down before the OUttingfl are put in. Then, having bell-gla at hand, and the potS ready, 



dibble the CUttingS into the Band, which will in luce the i-mi — ion of roots, and tlie-e will 



■bike down into the compost, whloh, prepared as directed, will suit any plant After the 

 cuttings are inserted, lot them be watered with a flne-rosed pot to settle the land round them. 



i-r with the bell ■ 'i I lhade Until they have I ,,me rooted. Cuttings mu-t not be 



put in too c rether, otherwise they will damp off. Wipe the OOadensed moisture from 



