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that each part will adhere as closely as possible; then bind them 

 with bass, after which paste some moist clay on in the same way 

 you would a graft ; over this place a layer of moss, tying it gently 

 on ; the latter keeps the whole moist by the aid of the syringe'. 

 The plant in the pot must not suffer for want of water. It may be 

 that weeks may elapse before they afford signs of beginning to 

 unite; when they do, by degrees, but carefully, sever the parts; let 

 an interval of a fortnight occur, or more, between that and the final 

 separation from the parent plant. If you observe it suffers from 

 the first attempt, do not hasten the process. I would not recom- 

 mend the removal of the clay and moss till the autumn, as, 

 during the hot months of the summer, it assists the progress of the 

 adhesion of the parts. 



This leads me to remark that, where vines are to be planted on 

 borders outside of the house, we might select such robust and 

 vigorous growers as the White Tokay, and afterwards, when they 

 are established, inarch them with choicer varieties. Some time since 

 I planted some vines ; among them was one of the latter variety ; 

 its growth far outstripped the others, so I decided on inarching as 

 detailed above ; the result is, that I have four good rods that have 

 borne a profitable crop, and the vigour of the plant is not in the 

 least degenerated; as, independent of the said number of rods, I still 

 retain one of the original, and also have one of Muscat Hambro' 

 which was inarched this time last year. 



NEW ROSES OF THIS AND LAST TEAE. 



BY W. D. PRIOR. 



VTIMATIONS from various quarters have reached me 

 that some information respecting the new roses for the 

 current season would not be unacceptable to the rose- 

 loving public, particularly as the time for constructing 

 or refurnishing roseries by means of plants out of pots 

 is at hand. This method of remedying the destruction of winter 

 will this season, unfortunately, be in general demand, owing to the 

 wholesale ravages occasioned by the unexpected second and even 

 third visitation of frost and snow. As far as my own observation 

 extends, such an amount of havoc amongst roses has not occurred 

 since that fatal Christmas of 1860-61 — perhaps not even then. With 

 respect to my own small collection, after having congratulated myself 

 upon the little injury left by the hyperborean blasts, even upon 

 slightly-protected Teas, I find now almost every plant cruelly cut 

 up, and many entirely destroyed. From information received from 

 other roseries, there is reason to believe this disastrous state of 

 things is widely diff'used ; so that sufierers must either be at the 

 expense of renovating their roseries by means of pot plants, or go 

 without the usual supply of their favourite blossoms till another year. 

 This demand, however, for pot plants, will have two favourable 

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