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herbaceous kinds by division, the plants after 

 blooming to be placed in a cool frame, and 

 earthed up, to cause the side shoots to make 

 roots; he then describes the following me- 

 thod of propagating the shrubby kinds. 



PROPAGATING BY CUTTIN'GS. 



" To secure abundance of cuttings of the 

 shrubby kinds, plant them out in the garden 

 borders as soon as they have done blooming, 

 and stop the leading shoots. As soon as 

 these shoots show a little woodiness of 

 texture, slip them off, trim away the lower 

 leaves, and then insert in a cutting-pot, 

 with an inch of pure white sand on the 

 top of the compost. In a cold frame they 

 will root in three weeks, when they must 

 be potted off in small pot*, kept shaded 

 for a week in a cool frame, and then set 

 out in the open air on a bed of coal-ashes 

 till the pots are filled with roots, and from 

 that time the culture will be the same as 

 detailed in the previous chapter. On a 

 north border in autumn, shrubby Calceola- 

 rias may be easily struck in almost any 

 quantities from a few strong plants that 

 have flowered. Pascall's patent cutting-pot, 

 which is made with a rim to receive a bell- 

 glass, does admirably for such propagation. 

 Though generally used in the culture of 

 ferns, these pots are very convenient for cut- 

 tings of all hard-wooded plants ; we can keep 

 them close with a glass, and at the same time 

 have the cuttings next the side of the pot, 

 where they always root most readily. Since 

 autumn-struck plants grow very fast in the 

 sprinsr, there is little need for keeping old 

 stools through the winter, unless to take 

 more cuttings from in spring. Mild bottom- 

 heat makes them strike rapidly then, but 

 the grower must be cautious not to cut off 

 stems that are setting for bloom, for these 

 will never strike. A blooming stem may 

 be known by the space between the joints 

 becoming longer than in young growing 

 wood ; and if cuttings from plants in which 

 the space between the joints has begun to 

 lengthen be desired, it will be necessary to 

 top them ; they will then throw out side- 

 shoots, and every one of these will make 

 good plants if struck with bottom-heat in 

 spring, and then grown on quickly in the 

 way already described. There is nothing- 

 like young plants ; old ones are seldom 

 worth their keep ; and for bedding out, the 

 shrubby stock ought to be struck in 

 autumn." 



LIST OP VARIETIES. 



In the work from which we are quoting, 

 the following are accompanied with descrip- 



tions of habit, colour, &c, which, for want of 

 space, we are compelled to omit, giving the 

 names only. The * indicates suitability for 

 bedding purposes. 



" Tweloe New Calceolaria/, 



liaised by Mr. Cole, of the Keyjield Nurseries, 

 St. Albans. 

 ''Gem, Indispensable, King of Yellows, 

 *Yellow Prince of Orange, *Lady Middle- 

 ton, *Yellow Dwarf, *Rubra, Snowflake, 

 *Dropmore, Canary Bird, Clown, '"Cali- 

 fornia. 



"Fifty-seven Older Varieties. 



" Those marked for bedding are good for 

 pot culture, but not vice versa. 



"Albira (Cole), Ajax (Pince), *Aurea 

 floribunda, *Amplexicaulis, Attraction 

 (Perkins), Brunettia (Henderson), *Beauty 

 of Montreal, Camden Hero (Barnes), 

 *Crimson King, Corr.ggio (Henderson), 

 * Cleopatra (Cole), Comet (Cole), Con- 

 spicua (Cole), ^Desirable (Perkins), Don 

 Satumio (Henderson), Don Francisco, 

 (Henderson), Eclipse (Rollison), Ethel 

 Newcome (Henderson), *Erecta, Emperor 

 Napoleon (Youell), General Canrobert 

 (Henderson), "'General Pelissier (Hender- 

 son), *Goldfinder (Cole). Golden Cap, 

 *Golden Chain, *Hawk (Cole), Harlequin, 

 (Cole), Hebe (Cole), Kayi, *King of Sar- 

 dinia (Cole), Lady Grenville (Cole), 

 ^Lemonade (Cole), Lady Isham (Perkins), 

 Maggiore (Henderson), Minnie (Hender- 

 son}, Norma (Henderson), Negro (Nelson), 

 Noveltj- (Cole), *Orange Perfection (Cole), 

 *Orange Boven (Cole), *Pallida (Cole), 

 Pilot (Cole), *Prince of Orange (Cole), 

 Purity (Cole), Rosy Morn, Red Rover 

 (Henderson), Surprise (Henderson), Sultan, 

 *Sulphurea splendens, Shirley (Henderson), 

 Shankleyana, *Superb (Turner), Tamber- 

 lik (Cole), Vezzoza, Viscosissima, Welling- 

 ton Hero (Henderson), Wildfire (Hender- 

 son." 



Considering the beautiful manner in 

 which these treatises are got up, both as to 

 typography, and the beauty of the illustra- 

 tions, it is the cheapest series of the kind ever 

 attempted. In the number before us, the 

 coloured portrait of Cole's " Gem " is worth 

 more than the sixpence charged for the num- 

 ber. The work has had a large sale in its 

 serial form, and will doubtless sell still more 

 extensively when presented to the public in 

 the form of a handsome volume. 



