August 12, 1869. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTUEE_AN^COTTAG^^ABDENER^ 



121 



„ay be produced by these ^^'^^^'^f^^^^^^^^tt Z^ ^l^' 

 with a view to hereafter sowing them at '^^ «""''' ^j^.^nj I shall 

 Tositiou with seeds of the ■■-P-'-^-^^'.^.t'ldbf from the uormal 

 carefaUy note any deviation, li «°* ' ;"\Xit of Rrowth, colour, and 



subjects as the common Kf'^"' J/^^/^^H'/a I ^U in as few words 

 steadyhand and a ^^^ „^^^^F fP^^o^eedins About the middle of 

 as possible describe my mode °' 1'""^^^'™^; t^j „^ were sown in 

 Ma^rch seeds of the ^"'''^ '"^^"''/Jli^e^l'i,"^ ^mpera^ture of about 60 . 

 very light soil in Beed-imns, and V^l'l^.^^^^^l^^y advanced to be 

 In six or eisht days mo.t ot tue 9o"s we ^ ^^ ^ ^l^icli they 



rafted, and on f^''"°S *^y°°°8j}^°''^re found to be some 2 or 

 had vegetated, the plumules or "^"="^7"^ '°""„{ .in^ilar, or rather 



T^^ T't^^ll'^-'^Mt i';e?et inrcrcl.:' bTug t^ken in no 

 of greater length ^^^ '^"4' ,,„i,ties iutended to stand to each 



way to injure them, f 7"' °^^'7,,fo„ with a sharp penknife a slice 

 other in the ''^ »''°.'', "« /'"'^'^ ^'^2 ^"each, to the depth of nearly one- 

 was cut from the side of the ='™ °' ;;^';' ; i^ ^^ ^ore in len-th, 

 half the a--f'",°Vathou'?haU an 'nch'froS the cotyledons. The 

 commencing tl^^^^''^^, ''' 3°*„^^ each other as accurately as 



wounded sides of each Plj-"' ^ "f. "'l-ead of soft bast, and the plants 

 possible, and ^ound together with a thread o, ou ^ ^ /,^i^,, 



fmmediately po"^^ in small pots, ^'^^K to'rowth. They did not 

 as that in which they }'''* J"^,'" ,f " i'^- ° £.„„ the operation, bnt 

 appear to have received any check »' '"•l'"^ "» 1 ^ „^,.^ 



eJZtinued to i;-^-\™P|fJU of anofterfive day" the'y were'again 



&VL^'Kil|':ththe.^^^^^^^^^^ 



carefully removed, and m ■"»«' '?nt to decide as to which variety 



from its own roots, and '™.'>">°g ''J^^'f the'^stoTwas also pinched 

 of the stock for its support. T^\';''™f„^o'i'^ order to throw as 



back to the leaf i"'"',f""<'l3, »^°".*'','tSe scion wHhont, however, 

 much as possible the flow o ap^ut.i he scion,^ w_^_^ ^^ ,^^^_ ^^^ 



entirely depriving the f,''^/ "V^f, ""f^ ^ <,,oso atmosphere, in a tern- 

 plants were «o-"-^Po°'tt,r h^ emainVifor a few'days, when the 

 perature of about bU , """; Y.^J. :„j.,tion with the scion, and any 

 stocks were cut back close to theuJuuctK^a .^^^ ^^^ ^^.^ ^^^.^ 



Cul/ord. 



HOETICXILTURAL EXHIBITIONS: THEIK INFLUENCE 

 ON GARDENING. 



almost to rival the web of '^"'^^^^l^J'J^ thousand-horse-power 

 nSn; -^^'r^oP^P^jr^'^^e^a.ic ^o~ almost 



mwMmmm 



KnlrS'gJnefainhry Z^;^nl'^Z'^ to matters con- 

 ■"^Tht ruUivtroii'of The fruits of the earth being the fi-t occupation 

 that man was engaged in, it follows that in ^"^^'^f^^ iTZsllZ^l 

 knowledge must have ei^isted, at least m so far as related to ^"^^ ttiin s 

 «nnected with his immediate wants. Of this we ^ave evidence in 

 the knowledge of the cultivation of the Vine possessed by fl'^}^^ 

 ants o? ancient Greece and Home. Nor was their toowledg simply 

 confined to the essentiaUy useful, for we have evidence of their appre 

 dation of the beautiful lu vegetable forms, from their a-loi.t.on^f the 

 wreath of Laurel to crown their greatest warriors and the ^hamp.ons 

 i^ their athletic games. And here I may observe that no greater 

 ributeeould possibly be paid to horticulture than '^at even among t 

 heathen natious-as evidence, pagan Greece and K.^-^f J.-^ P''/;/'|'ij'' 

 and the Chinese of the present day-the more ""lisel ttey are the 

 oTPoter their knowledge and love of horticulture. The more numau 

 Sensed, cultivated, and refined an individual or a -t.on ni^y be, 

 the greater will bo his or its love of horticulture, which m its turn is a 



most powerful means of improving, expanding, and elevating the minds 



of all who come wjth.u its "^^<^^^f- , ^a^ancement of horticulture 



There are two things necessary for the aa'ance 

 in any country-peace and l'"=Pe"'y- ^* "Ji^tt^t', and d'uring tha 



^^^J^C^^^lSZ::o greatly increased and 



improvement has also been '^aectea m so ^nnibers of 



what are known by the "?'^„«,°..^°"t\/;rte insignificant, have, 

 plants that in their 0°'™^ . <=™^\\'™, Jlriii'l been so much improved 

 Lnder the skilful manipulation of the bybridist, been so m ^ 



M^':K^rt^?epi^:t^9^?:j;^^:tnn: 



ru:n°^ytithint J^rs ^ftClsa^llhTr fiowLs bu^t cannot 

 ifl-ord to spend large sums in 'beir Purchase ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ 



Within the last thirty years the demand lor new 1 ^^^^ 



great, that almost i>^-="easurable tracts of both the eastm. .^_^^ 



hemispheres have been explored by Pl^°':^f ^^'b 'rs of plants. In 

 have been rewarded by the discovery "^ g^al ZerTca, and the far- 

 the Celestial Empire, Japan, Mia, Cento Ame^^^,^ ^^ 

 distant regions of Australia ana ^^ "»™^' ■ . ^ rewarded his 

 territory previously unexplored by 'be ^o'^^'^^o^Jt useful or beau- 

 labours by yielding up hundreds of plants of tne m ^,,,iifomian 



tiful description, from the '^'8"^ "°°e"x„uiitely beautiful Or- 

 forest-the WeUingtonmgigantea, to those exquisite y ^^^^ 



chids which have been introduced of late ^ear^ ""^'^""^ther advances 



the eastern and western bemisphees These aucl ^^^^ 

 which have been made, espec.aUy ^e wide f xtenswn ^^^ 



l,roved methods of cultivating almost every variety ottru • j^^^^^ 



culinary vegetable, are mamly due to 'be infiuence o ^^ 



exhibitions, which, on a comprehensive s ale were hist b ^^^g ^^ ^^^ 



existence by that Society which we 0ug.1t all to__^oo p _^ ^^^^._ 



parent of horticuUu« -^^Z' ^^".^'^^li™ set by the Royal Horti- 

 cnltural Society of London, ^be example sey ■' ^^^.j^l 



cultural Society has spread ar and wide to ahnos ev jy 1 ^^^^ 

 town and vUlage in the ^^ngdom untJ hoit^cultura^^ „ 



exhibitions held in the metropolis. . 



In looking at the actual state of anything we are apt tojose sight 

 of the means by which suca a state bas been b'ong ^ ^^^_ 



have previously stated, the general prospcr^y of 'be con^^ J^^^^_ ^^^ 

 siderable time has favoured 'be advancemem hot-water 



introduction of cheap glass ''n'^ 'l^e appUcaUon .^^^^^^^ ^^ 



system to the heatmg of P^^nt structure ha^eua 

 the progi-ess that has been ""^'^e- J'^^, f^'^^",^;';' ^nd others, have 

 given tS the world in our time by Lieb.g of the horticulturist, and 

 opened up a wide field fo^'be f nsideration of the nort ^^^^^ 



have materially influenced and ff'^'fd his pi ogress ^g^^.^^^_ 



diffusion of knowledge in borticultural ma'to^^ ^^^ subjects 

 tural press, and innumerable c"""™' 'jf ''^^^ °,°"y and the geogra- 

 this, with a better knowledge of vegetable physioio J b_^^^^^^ 



phic'al distribution of Pl-'=- !>- ^ ^o^^^s afd iThTnh it is not too 

 day in a position to make S"^' P^^^'' ' ^thv of the opportunity, 

 much to say they have ^bown'h^eljes worthy o^^U^^^ 

 It would ill become us by unduly aud^ng 'be "ort l^^o^^ ^^^ 



the present day, to reflect on jb^' ^^^^^^^Vnlght, and numbers of 

 have preceded us. Such "len as a fepeecW^, J^n g^ ^_. ^^^ 



others, would be an honour to *« P^fe^^'^n *t ^ ^nt day who are 

 future day ; but it is in the great nnmbe" of the pres | ^^^^^^ 



able to accompUsh something meritorious ^berem the oe hardening, 

 has been made; for with the smgle e^^Ts 1 t all oXfbranehes 

 which was well known and carried out in "-ne^a^'^ "^ ^^^^ awarded 

 of gardening have made g^'.^^K^e^^^Jt promoting the present 

 to each of the causes named its fa^' ^bare lu p horticultural 



condition of horticulture still it is o tbe^"^, that has been 

 exhibitions that we must lool. f°r 'be » eat prog ^^^^ ^ 



3 that we must look tor tne greai, ,,wt,...^- - 

 made; it is there that hundreds of P-ple pos^e- ng m ans tet^ ^^ 

 qnire those tastes which ead them to become vo'anesa^ ^^^ ^^^^_ 

 J'lora. It is there that 'be experienced gardener can a y^^ ^ ^^^^^_ 

 thing better grown than bitberto and which awakens ^^ .^ ^^^^^ 



minatiou to equal or exceed that ^b-ch is before U ^^^ ^^^^ 



that the young men of the present ^ay, and >n wuo ^^^^ ^^^ 



the horticultural reputation of 'b'^'^'^^^n h«e been removed from 

 burthen and the toU of the present time shall have ne ^^^ 



the scene of their |»bours-^ is there that both old ^^_^^y^^ > ^^^_ 

 compare notes, exchange "ieaa. and observe t f ^^ ^^^ 



ture; the improvements in the thousand-ana one bu j 



