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season was very propitious for the Ranunculus, the present (1844) has : been alto- 

 gether as advene, especially for the early-planted roots. Thefro .by mght 

 and the drought by day have done much injury, and many have died, Ihese 

 a e c ir umsUnces which try the patience and baffle the skill of the ardent flons ; 

 hut let W persevere through all the diversity of seasons, and his efforts will be 

 Jure to ™ crowned ^th success. I have, during the last twenty years, rawed 

 m ny thousaTdl^f seedlings, out of which I have elected about wo hundred ; 

 amongst them is one yellow-edged seedling called Edgar, which is so ptrleu 111 

 evTrv espec? that the London florists pronounced it "a mode flower,] and 

 ma iv Xof them have at exhibitions borne away the palm horn their far- 

 filmed predecessors. I generally grow from twenty to thirty large beds, planted 

 *££££! blithe bes't time to secure a good bloom ,s to plant in the 

 Ust week in February or the first in March—GaraW Chronicle. 



Budding Rhododendrons.-^ stocks I layered the lower branches ; of Rho- 

 dodendron ponticum last year, and they rooted beautifully. About six weeks 

 ago lludded a number of them close to the soil, on the two-year old wood, which 

 Ifind to work best, and scarcely a bud failed. Early in spring I intended to 

 Lad the Socks down to within an inch of the bud. By next autumn the plants 

 will he well rooted, and may be cut off from the parent stool and planted in beds 

 or lordeTs. Last March I planted thirty plants of Rhododendron ponticum for 

 grafting in a brick pit covered with glass ; being kept close, they were soon 

 exc ted into growth, when I grafted them close to the surface of the soil with 

 "oSe h brid'kinds as soon £ I imagined the grafts ^d united to the stock 

 I cut the latter down close to the graft, and by keeping the pit rather close all 

 he summer some of them have made three fl^rf^^jffjfi 

 plants from a foot to 13 inches in height. A iew which did not take I have 

 gra ted again to try how autumnal grafting will succeed. I did not tongue _the 

 tnafs not clay them; 1 merely tied the two cuts firmly together, and left them 

 to take care of themselves. They have done well ; but I am best pleased with 

 the budding system.— Gardeners? Chronicle. 



A Se.ect L.st of Greenhouse Pi.ants.-A correspondent recently asking 

 for a list of a few handsome plants for the greenhouse, I forward the following 

 which will meet his wishes in all respects, both as to beauty and a continuance of 

 bloom. All of them are cheap, and may be had at most public nursery esta- 

 blishments. ' . ' 



Leschenaultia formosa, scarlet; Hovea Celsi blue; K"£^;r«kl 

 P hispida, pink ; Aphelexis spectab.hs grandiflora, cnmson; A. humdis, .rose 

 pink; Azalea la.entia, red; A. exquisite, variegated; A. Gledstane ., wh.te 

 striped; Erica depressa, yellow; K. aristata major, crimson and black; E. 

 Ma on , green and red ; I ampullacea, white and pink; Gornpholobium po y- 

 morphu.n, crimson ; Trop*olum tricolour, scarlet, black and yellow; 1. bra- 

 " vceras, yellu* ; Sollyi linearis, blue; Polygala oppositlfoha, purple ; Boron.a 

 Sua a rose; B. viminea, pink; Chorosema var.um, yellow ; C scandens 

 Z "low; Acacia pulchella, yellow; A. armata, yellow; A yert.cilla a, pale 

 jXw Eiios.emonbuxilolium.pink; Zichya coccinea, scarlet; Gemstecana- 

 ie sis, yellow ; Aotus vergata, yellow : Bossiiea disticha, yellow ; B. lmophyl la, 

 ItowflJrachysema latifolia scarlet; Corrasa spec.osa, red and green; Dil - 

 wynia uniperina, yellow ; Epacris grandiflora, white and crimson ; E. impressa, 

 pink ; E. nivalis, white ; Mirbelia speciosa, purple. 



On the Culture o* IxonAS.-Being much pleased with the superior speci- 

 mens of 5ie scarlet, pink, and orange-coloured Ixoras, shown at the Ch.swick, 

 Surrey Gardens, and Regents' Park exhibitions,! shall beobhgedbyany instmc- 

 tions relative to their culture in an early number. A Ukoinnlr. 



(The following particulars on the cultivation of Ixora coccinea (scarlet) was 



