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stoves." They suit the country, especially 

 the new country ; they are cheap, labor- 

 savino;, clean. If the more enlightened and 

 better informed throw them aside, the great 

 bulk of the people will not. Stoves are, we 

 are told, in short, essentially democratic and 

 national. 



We answer, let us veyitilate our roovn^ and 

 learn to live more in the open air. If our 

 countrymen will take poison in, with every 

 breath which they inhale in their houses and 

 all their public gatherings, let them dilute it 

 largely, and they may escape from a part at 

 least of the evils of taking it in such strong 

 doses. 



We have not space here to show in deta,il 

 the best modes of ventilating now in use. 

 But they may be found described in several 

 works, especially devoted to the subject, pub- 

 lished lately. In our volume on Country 

 Houses, we have briefly shown, not only the 

 principles of warming rooms, but the most 



simple and complete modes of ventilation,-— 

 from Arnott's chimney valve, which may for 

 a small cost be easily placed in the chimney 

 flue of any room, to Emerson's more complete 

 apparatus, by which the largest apartments, 

 or every room in the largest house, may be 

 warmed and ventilated at the same time, in 

 the most complete and satisfactory manner, 



AVe assure our readers that we are the more 

 in earnest upon this subject, because they are 

 so apathetic. As they would shake a man 

 about falling into that state of delightful numb- 

 ness which precedes freezing to death, all the 

 more vigorously in proportion to his own indif- 

 ference and UHConsciousness to his sad state, 

 so we are the more emphatic in what we have 

 said, because we see the national poison begins 

 to work, and the nation is insensible. 



Pale countrymen and countrywomen, rouse 

 yourselves ! Consider that God has given us an 

 atmosphere of pure, salubrious, health-giving 

 air, 45 miles high, and — ventilate your houses. 



ON THE PROPAGATION OF CONE-BEARING EVERGREEN TREES. 



BY M. COURTLX, OF BORDEAUX. 



During the last few years, Coniferse have be- 

 come somewhat popular among gardeners and 

 amateurs, and it will, doubtless, be interest- 

 ing to give a short description of the mode of 

 propagating some of the more ornamental 

 kinds, especially those which are often grown 

 in pots or tubs, as ornamental objects for the 

 conservatory or the terrace garden. 



The modes of propagation here described, 

 are those practiced by an experienced garden- 

 er who has been for a long time exclusively 

 occupied in the culture of this beautiful tribe 

 of plants. It is well known among practical 

 men, especially by propagators, that Conife- 

 rse are not readily reared from cuttings, and 

 that other means, such as the diflerent pro- 

 cesses of grafting, are much more successfully 

 employed. It is not the less true that dif- 

 ferent species of Coniferae require to be graft- 

 ed by different methods. Many species can- 



not be propagated by cuttings at all, owing, 

 no doubt, to their resinous nature. Those 

 who cultivate Coniferaj, and desire to propa- 

 gate them extensively, should keep at hand a 

 number of the stocks best suited to the dif- 

 ferent species. The following sorts are re- 

 commended for this purpose : — Araucaria im- 

 bricata ; the different species of Pinus ; Thuja 

 orientalis, and occidcntalis ; Juniperus vir- 

 giniana ; Podocarpus elongatus ; Taxus ; Cu- 

 pressus ; Taxodium distichum ; and Dacrydi- 

 um spicatum, or Podocarpus spicatus. 



What is called side-grafting, is the mode 

 most successfully adopted with many kinds 

 that are required to be quickly grown into 

 strong and vigorous plants. The best time 

 for performing the operation, is in the months 

 of 3Iarch and August. The stocks used ought 

 not to be stronger than a common quill. 

 Worsted or woollen thread is found to be the 



