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in the places where they arc to remain, which should be done in 

 April in order that they may have sufficient time to take good root 

 before the winter, which is apt to injure (hem when newly planted 

 out; and as all the earth about their roots is thus preserved, they 

 will succeed better. 



These may be considered as middling hardy plants and seldom 

 hurt, except in extreme hard winters, which often destroy the young 

 tender branches, but rarely the shoots. 



The most proper season for transplanting is September, at which 

 time the blossoms are beginning to appear ; and when dry at that 

 season, and they are kept moist, they very soon take root, but towards 

 No\Tember their roots should be well covered to keep out the frost. 

 In performing this business the balls of eartli round their roots 

 should be preserved. 



la raising the second species the seeds should be procured from 

 abroad and the plants be left longer in the pots, say from three to 

 four years, or until they have become perfectly woody, and when 

 they are put out, let warm situations be chosen for the purpose, 

 where the soil is dry, as the plants do not succeed well where the 

 land is too moist. 



In raising them by the second method or that of cuttings, they 

 should be made from the young shoots, and be planted in pots in the 

 spring or summer months, plunging them into a good hot-bed till 

 they have taken root. In tlie layer mode of propagation the young 

 shoots should be chosen, as they otherwise seldom take root in less 

 thaa two years. In grafting them, stocks of any of the varieties 

 may be had recourse to. 



These are .some of the most ornamental plants of the evergi-een 

 kind for shrubberies and pleasure grounds, that we can boast of 

 The first sort and varieties sometimes rise to a considerable iieight, 

 from fifteen to twenty feet. They are now found in most planta- 

 tions throughout England, but rare in this country. Their great 

 beauty is in the months of October and November, which is the 

 season when they are in flower, and the fruit of the former year is 



