I < 8 GRAFTING IN POTS. 



petual Eoses are made so quickly, and they are 

 so constantly under observation ; but for this a 

 small forcing-house is of course necessary : a house 

 twelve feet by eight feet, with an eighteen-inch 

 Arnott's stove, will do all that is necessary : and 

 the expense of a structure of these dimensions is 

 very moderate. What can be done in the way of 

 propagation in so small a house with method is 

 quite astonishing. A hotbed frame will give the 

 same results, but the plants cannot be viewed in 

 bad weather with equal facility ; that interest 

 attached to watching closely every shoot as it 

 pushes forth to bud and bloom in all its gay 

 attire, is lost. To the mind happily constituted 

 this is a calm and untiring pleasure ; the bud 

 breaking through its brown wintry covering into 

 verdant leaves, replete with the delicate tints so 

 peculiar to early spring, and unchecked by cold 

 and withering blasts, makes us feel vernal plea- 

 sures, even in January; and then the peeping 

 flower-buds, perhaps of some rare and as yet un- 

 seen variety, add to these still calm hopeful 

 pleasures, felt only by those who really love 

 plants and flowers, and all the lovely creations of 

 nature. 



