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Royal Society. 

 Stove Plants. 



Numlier of 

 cuttings 



with 

 collodion 

 applied. 



Name of plant. 



Number of 



cuttings 



which took 



root. 



Number of 

 cuttings with- 

 out the appli 

 cation of col- 

 lodion. 



Number of 



cuttings 



which took 



root. 



Ixora coccinea 



Tacsonia manicata 



Franciscea Hopeana 



Franciscea Pohliana 



Gloxinia Maria van Houttc 



Begonia incarnata 



Acliiraenes pateu3 



Hoya bella 



Rondeletia speciosa 



Allatnanda nerifolia 



Greenhouse Plants. 



Boronia serrulata 



Polygala dalmaisiana 



Polygala grandiflora 



Verbena luna 



Chorozema cordata 



Epacria pallida 



Leschenaultia formosa 



Swainsouia astragalifolia 



Swainsouia galegifolia 



Abelia rupestris 



Plectranthus concolor, picta 



Second Batch. — Planted in the open ground on the Ist of Sep- 

 tember, and examined on the 1st of October : — 



Hardy Plants. 



Number of 

 cuttings 



with 

 collodion 

 applied. 



Name of plant. 



Number of 



cuttings 



which took 



root- 



Number of 



cuttings with- 

 out the appli- 

 cation of col- 

 lodion. 



Number of 



cuttings 



which took 



root. 



12 

 12 

 18 

 12 

 6 

 12 



Garrya elliptica 



Erica vagans 



Bupleurura loiigifolium 



Laurus foetens 



Rose, Souvenir de la Malmaison.. 

 Taxus baccata, golden-leaved var. 



6 

 10 

 4 



12 



12 

 18 

 12 

 6 

 12 



'I'he experiment, the author considers, speaks for itself. Not- 

 withstanding the season being too far advanced for the full benefit 

 of the process to be thoroughly observed, still twice as many cut- 



