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gradually remove the glass, giving all future waterings overhead. 

 As soon as I can handle the young plants I prick them out 

 into small sixties, giving them plenty of water, and placing them 

 near the glass in the orchidaceous house, where I always keep 

 them. In May they are shifted into their blooming pots (thirty- 

 twos or twenty-fours) in light rich soil, consisting of turfy loam, 

 peat, and rotten dung, in equal proportions, with a little sand and 

 charcoal. To the plants grown in the thirty-two, in addition to 

 the above compost, I put a handful of crushed bones over the 

 drainage. After they are well established I keep them saturated 

 with water, and give them manure water twice a week cUiring 

 their early stages of growth. They strike freely from slips placed 

 for a few days under a bell glass in heat. They continue in 

 bloom six weeks or two montiis, but I have never been able to 

 keep a plant after it has done flowering. 

 Leigh Park, Havcuit. 



IX. — Some Account of the Cryptomeria Japonica, or Japan 

 Cedar. By Mr. George Gordon, A.L.S., Superintendent of 

 the Hardy Department in the Society's Garden. 



Few hardy plants are of more importance in England, during 

 winter, than evergreens, more especially those of large dimen- 

 sions, not only for objects of decoration, but for what is of greater 

 importance in many situations, the pro\ iding shelter from bleak 

 winds during the colder portions of the year ; and as the Japan 

 Cedar is likely not only to prove hardy, but to form quite a new 

 feature in our landscapes, much resembling the Australian form 

 of Araucaria, a short account of its history and treatment may 

 not be without interest. 



The first account we find of the existence of this Japan Cedar 

 is by Professor Thunberg, who, in the year 1784, published 

 its history in his Flora Japonica, p. 265, under the name of 

 Cupressus Japonica. He states that it is found, both spontaneous 

 and planted, on the mountains of Nagasaki and elsewhere; that 

 the Japanese call it San or Sugi, whicli, in their language, 

 signifies an evergreen tree, with stiff bristle- shaped leaves ; 

 that it is a very tall upriglit tree, with a pyramidal head, 

 bearing flowers in Marcli ; that the timber is very soft, so as to 

 be easily worked, but much used for various purposes, particu- 

 larly for cabinet work among the Japanese. 



Nothing further seems to have been added to our knowledge of 

 this beautiful tree until 1834, when Professor Don published a 



