FOEEIGN NOTICES. 



Second Batch. — Planted iu the open ground on the 1st of September, and examined on the 1st 



of October; 



IIardy Plavts. 



Name of Plant. 



Garrya clliptica, 



Erioa vajjans, 



Biiplouruiii langifoliuiu, 



Laiirus fretons 



Hose, Souvenir de la Malraaison 



Tax us baccata, golden-leaved variety, 



Nnmber of ] Number of 



Cuttings ! Cuttings 

 with CoUo- ! which took 

 lion applied.! root 



Number of 



Number of 

 Cuttings I r^.,„: , 



-■^^-J-lw^Stfk 

 applioation j.^,j_ 



First batch,. . . 

 Second batch, . 



Total 

 Number of 

 Cuttings to 

 which Col- 

 lodion was 

 applied. 



Number of 



Cuttings 



which took 



root. 



Total 

 No. of Chit- 

 tings with- 

 out the ap- 

 plication of 

 Collodion. 



Number of 



Cuttings 



which took 



root. 



The experiment, the author considers, speaks for itsel£ Notwithstanding the season being too 

 far advanced for the full benefit of the process to be thoroughly observed, still twice as many 

 cuttings took root treated by the new method as had rooted by the old. The mortality in the 

 open ground was increased by slugs having eaten off above the soil some of the cuttings. Those 

 thus damaged were examined after they had been in the ground a month, and it was foitnd that 

 the collodion was quite as sound as when first applied. It would therefore appear that the 

 collodion seals the wound of the cutting, and protects it from the fatal effects of damp, until 

 roots are prepared to force through the covering of gun cotton. 



It is further stated that the application of this solution has been found to be exceedingly bene- 

 ficial in the pruning of such plants as Euphorbia spfciosa, Tmpaiiens laiifolia, Impatiens latifolia 

 alba, Hoya bella, Hoya imperialis, <fec., the cut branches being prevented from bleeding. 



It is the author's intention next spring to follow out this experiment, in budding and grafting, 

 as he considers that it will also be useful in this branch of horticulture. 



Gutta percha, dissolved in ether, was in some instances substituted to heal the wounds caused 

 by pruning; j-et owing to this solution not drying as rapidly as collodion, the first, and some- 

 times the second application was not sufficient. 



The effect of these solutions upon cut flowers was very marked. Two branches were gathered 

 as nearly alike as possible ; to the flower-stalks of the one, collodion was applied. These flowers 

 were placed in vases filled with water. Those coated over with collodion began to fade in thirty- 

 six hours, and many were quite dead in three days ; while the flowers merely placed in water 

 in the ordinary manner remained fresh and healthy. Those that faded soonest were Reseda 

 odorata and IVopccolum majus, and those which were least affected were Tagetes erecta and Senecio 

 crubesccns. 



Want of space prevents further notice of fliis curious statement at this time, but we propose 

 to take an early opportunity of returning to it. — Gardeners' Chronicle, London. 



Culture of the Fuchsia. — This useful plant is, I fear, seldom employed now for decorating the 

 greenhouse and conservatory, and therefore its cultivation has of late years been unfortunately 

 much neglected ; for in one [)lace where you will find a well grown specimen, in twenty you 

 will get them more like Broom bushes than properly managed plants. I therefore beg to offer a 

 few remarks on the mode of culture which I pursue. 



I start my early vinery about the 1st of January, at 45 deg. Fahr., and I place a few 



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