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green and tolerably fresh, so I budded them, as I would do with young wood. 

 Every bud had started to grow immediately, and made, on an average, shoots a 

 foot long before fall. The result was that, though I had not quite as strong plants 

 as I should have had by March grafting, I had double the quantity I should have 

 had, besides no failures. I think my practical friends may probably turn this fact 

 to some account. 



While on the subject, I would like to inquire on what theory root-grafting apples 

 is supposed to render them less hardy or vigorous, as I see Mr. Hovey and 

 others hold. I have compared seedling Kentucky coffee's, alianthus' and Paul- 

 ownias, with others raised from pieces of roots, and can trace no difference in 

 their relative vigor or hardiness ; nor can I see any difference in the vigor or 

 hardiness of a root-grafted rose over one grafted in any other way. But even 

 could I see any difference, I should not rest satisfied with the impression that " I 

 could attribute it to nothing else," unless I could see some trace of a physiological 

 reason why it should be so, which I confess I cannot do. I should be glad if 

 some of our friends who hold Mr. Hovey's view would enlighten us. 



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PiNUS Grenville^. Nat. Ord. Coniferce. — A noble Conifer, discovered by 

 Mr. Hartweg, on some of the highest mountains near Tepic, in Mexico. It is of 

 robust habit, and has in consequence been called " Ocote macho," or male Pine, 

 by the natives. The foliage is very robust, from twelve to fifteen inches in length ; 

 leaves are in fives. The cones are solitary, pendulous, straight, sixteen inches 

 long, and three to four inches across the base. This species is easily distinguishable, 

 from its straight cones and robust foliage. In its native habitat it attains to the 

 height of seventy to eighty feet. It has been named in honor of the Right 

 Honorable Lady Grenville. — Hort. Soc. Joiirn. 



PiNUS GoRDONiANA. Nat. Ord. Coniferce. — A companion to the last-named 

 species, introduced by the same gentleman, from the same locality. It is a 

 remarkably handsome species, possessing the longest foliage of any of the tribe 

 yet brought to this country. It attains about the same height as its predecessor. 

 It is called "Ocote herabra," or female Pine, by the natives. The leaves are 

 produced in fives, are sixteen inches in length, not so robust as in P. Grenvillece, 

 and of a light green. The cones are pendulous, generally solitary, from four to 

 five inches in length, and one inch and a half at the base ; they are slightly curved, 

 and regularly tapering. It is named in compliment to Mr. Gordon, of the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden. It is quite hardy, and is a splendid species, the long 

 slender foliage rendering it an attractive object. — Ibid. 



Lachenalia aurea. Nat. Ord. Asphodelece. — The Horticultural Society 

 purchased this beautiful species of a collector, who discovered it in Natal. It 

 first bloomed in the greenhouse at Chiswick, last spring. It is remarkable for the 

 length of time it remains in flower, a much longer period than any other of this 

 much-neglected genus ; although the Lachenalia is of as easy a culture as the 

 Hyacinth and other spring bulbs, we very seldom meet with them in the green- 

 house. The numerous broad flaccid leaves, which are a lively green, slightly 

 mottled with purple, fall back upon the ground, and the scapes, which are of the 

 same mottled colors, rise erect to the height of near two feet, profusely laden with 

 its brilliant golden yellow tubular flowers. The individual blooms are much 

 larger than those of L. tricolor (the most common species), and are of a firm 

 waxy substance. This species deserves to be in every greenhouse. — Gard. Ch 



