100 REMARKS ON STOVE l'LANTS 



produce flowers from four or five months successively, which renders 

 it one of the most valuable flowering trees ; this sort may be ren- 

 dered more productive of flowers, by grafting it upon stocks of the 

 single kind, which check the luxuriancy of the trees, and cause them 

 to produce flowers upon almost every shoot. There have been va- 

 rious ways recommended to manage the pomegranate, so as to make 

 it flower freely, and forty years experience has taught me what I 

 conceive to be the most successful method. I do all my pruning in 

 the summer season, training the branches at a regular distance, of 

 about four inches apart, in the same way as I train a plum tree ; to- 

 wards the latter end of June I look over the trees, and remove all the 

 shoots that are running to wood, at which time they are young and 

 tender, and are easily removed without the assistance of a knife. Care 

 must be taken to leave all blossom sboots and spurs, these are easily 

 distinguished from wood shoots ; this I do about three times during 

 summer, and by this treatment the tree continues to flower four or 

 five months, making a very grand appearance, and repaying by its 

 beauty for every care a gardener can bestow. 



P. S. The knife should never be used about these trees in winter, 

 except to remove decayed branches, &c. They are easily propa- 

 gated by layers or cuttings. To accomplish the first : in March, se- 

 lect some of the young branches for the purpose, give a little slit at 

 a bud underneath, they will easily strike root without slitting, and I 

 consider that method to be the safest ; lay them in the usual way, water 

 them occasionally during the summer, and by the following autumn 

 they will be well rooted so that they may be taken off and removed 

 to any warm situation, to gain strength, before they are planted 

 where they are to remain. 



Cuttings. — If cuttings are required in June, take some young tops 

 of branches, select a warm place in the garden, place them under a 

 hand-glass, shade them in hot weather, and by autumn they will 

 have taken root. 



ARTICLE IV.— REMARKS ON STOVE PLANTS. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF THE DOMESTIC GARDENERS' MANUAL 



There are some plants which, doubtless, require what may be termed 

 a lively heat during winter, (60 to 65 degrees) but there is a good 

 deal of error and misconception abroad upon this subject, and many 

 persons deny themselves the enjoyment of much exquisite beauty, 

 by admitting the beliet that all stove plants are tender. I certainly 

 admit that tropical natives, if they are to be retained in verdure and 



