5'.) 



PROPAGATION OV MISTLETOE. 



Some of your readers may be glad to 

 learn how easily Mistletoe can be 

 grown. For several years I had tried 

 all the approved plans. All these 

 I had found to fail, when I heard of 

 a neighbouring working gardener, 

 said to be skilled in the propagation 

 of the parasite. I engaged his ser- 

 vices, and at the beginning of last 

 ivlarch I wrapped myself up and went 

 with him for the purpose of witness- 

 ing his modus operandi, which con- 

 sisted in squeezing the seed and pulp 

 out of the skin of the mistletoe 

 berry, etc., and applying it to the 



bark of various apple-trees, where it 

 adhered by its own vicous nature, 

 and it has, in the very great majority 

 of cases, indeed, in nearly all, vege- 

 tated successfully ; to use my opera- 

 tor's own words, it should be " stuck 

 on where the bark is most slick," and 

 March he considers the best month 

 for the operation. On a Siberian 

 crab, he placed four seeds, and they 

 have all grown, having now the 

 appearance of diminutive snails with 

 the tips of their horns inserted into 

 the bark. 



Deus. 



MAECH, 1863—31 Days. 



Phases of the Moon. — Full, 5th, 2h. 46iu. after. ; Last Quarter, 12th, 6h. 55m. 

 after. ; New, 19th, 2h. 37in. after. ; First Quarter, 27th, 8h. 58m. morn. 



Sun 

 rises. 



1 



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9 

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 24 = 

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 28 5 

 295 

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 315 



Sun 

 seta. 



48 

 46 

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 42 

 40 

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 IC 



8 



6 



4 



1 

 59 

 57 

 54 

 52 

 50 

 4716 

 45 

 43 

 41 



Moon Moon 

 rises, i sets. 



Aft. ; Mom 



7 21 



8 34 



9 52 

 11 7 



53 Morn. 8 



22 



4 51 



5 15, 

 5 36| 



5 58| 



6 22, 



6 47 



7 17| 



7 53, 



8 36 



9 25 



10 21 



11 22 

 After. 



1 33 



2 42 



30 

 57 

 20 

 42 

 2 

 21 



6 42 



7 4 



7 31 

 4 



8 44 



9 35 



10 38 



11 53 

 After 



2 30 



3 52 



5 11 



6 28 



7 44 



8 58 



10 9 



11 15 

 Morn. 



14 

 1 



Weather near London, 1862. 



BABOMKTBB. 



Ml. 



Min. 



29-95. 

 29-59. 

 29-28. 

 29-79. 

 29-90. 

 29-50. 

 29-39. 

 29-63. 

 29-55. 

 29-96. 

 29-83. 

 29-70. 

 29-99. 

 30-11. 

 3010. 

 29-95. 

 29-75. 

 29-76. 

 29-61. 

 29-42. 

 29-68. 

 29-98. 

 29-82. 

 29-54. 

 29-47. 

 29-50. 

 29-39. 

 29-18. 

 29-24. 

 29-32. 

 29-62. 



.29-78 

 .29 50 

 .29-22 

 .29-55 

 .29-41 

 .29-45 

 .29-56 

 .29-54 

 .29-39 



THEEMOMBTEE. 



Mx. Mn. Me. 



.29-65 

 .29-64 

 .29-91 

 .30-08 

 .3001 

 .29-81 

 .29-73 

 .29-67 

 .29-49 

 .29-32 

 .29-37 

 .29-92 

 .29-52 

 .29-45 

 .29-44 

 .29-37 

 .29-24 

 .29-11 

 .29-19 

 .29-29 

 .29-48 



43.. 

 37.. 



49.. 

 47.. 

 45.. 

 58.. 

 60.. 

 61.. 

 54 



.29. ..36-0 

 .15. .26-0 

 .14. ..31-5 

 .14. ..30-5 

 .33. ..39 5 

 .45. ..51-5 

 .45. ..52-5 

 .41. ..50-0 



..36. 

 .29-88; 59. ..51. 



,45-0 

 ,55-0 



55.. 

 58.. 

 54.. 

 49.. 

 49.. 

 46.. 

 45.. 

 49.. 

 53.. 

 39.. 

 43.. 

 44.. 

 44.. 

 65.. 

 63.. 

 56.. 

 60.. 

 51.. 

 51.. 

 59.. 

 60.. 



.37. ..460 

 .35. ..46-5 

 .38... 460 

 .38... 43-5 

 .39. ..44-0 

 .38.. .42-0 

 .35. ..40-0 

 .25... .370 

 .35. ..44-0 

 .30. ..34-5 

 .32. ..37-5 

 .31. .37-5 

 .34. ..39-0 

 .39... 52-0 

 .46... 35-5 

 .40... 48-0 

 .43... 41-5 

 .39. ..45-0 

 .38... 44-5 

 .41. ..50-0 

 .34... 47-0 



THE COUNTEr. 



RainiThe Garden and the Field. 



00 ilvy-leaved speedwell fi. 

 00 [Lungwort fl. 

 00 i Mistletoe fl. 

 00 j Pile wort fl. 



00 I Ash fl. 



09 .Shepherd's purse, fl. 



01 'star of Bethlehem fl. 



02 Violet fl. 



15 Muskwood crowfoot fl, 

 24 [Apricot and peach fl. 

 04 \ Gooseberry foliates 



06 iDafi"odilfl. 



02 |T(vo-leaved squill fl. 



00 Ground ivy fl. 



00 I Laurel fl. 



46 ! Common stitch wort fl. 



21 Poplars fl. 



00 Dog-tooth violet fl. 



02 Lilac foliates fl. 



-11 jBlack-currant foliates 



07 jElmfl. sweet briar ditto 

 14 , Marsh marigold fl. 



42 1 Spurge laurel fl. 

 02 'Hawthorn foliates 



08 jSnowflake fl. 



10 Periwinkle fl. 

 18 Gooseberry fl. 

 00 Privet foliates 

 00 Hazel foliates 



13 Common almond fl. 

 08 Horse-chesnut foliates 

 — ~2. 



