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as ought to intimidate every monopolizer of hay in these dear 

 times. The plant is dwarf, the pod well formed, lequiring 

 but little attention to bloom it, the shape of the flower is 

 excellent, the white very fine, but the red rather dull, yet 

 even with this imperfection I think it would be difficult to find 

 a better red Piccotee. 



wood's comet, (red.) 

 To describe this flower, would be repeating all I have said 

 of the Champion, they resemble each other so much, I doubt if 

 Wood himself can find a difference. One may be said to be the 

 Dromio of Ephesus, the other Dromio of Syracuse resembling 

 each other so much, that one often got bastinadoed for the 

 other's faults. Pensee. 



To be continued. 



ARTICLE III. 



ON THE PROPAGATION OF HALF HARDY AND SOFT WOODED 

 GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



BY MR. W. H. ST. CLAIR, OAK PARK, GALLOWAY. 



In a former paper I detailed the method practised by Mr. M. 

 Phail, in propagating pinks. At that time I did not wish to oc- 

 cupy too much of your pages in one article, I beg now to subjoin 

 a few more remarks on the method in question ; for some years 

 past I have entirely discontinued the use of hand glasses in pro- 

 pagating any soft wooded greenhouse, or half hardy plants, that 

 have fallen under my charge, and, except when I have occasion 

 to propagate early in the spring, I find Mr. Phail's method is a far 

 surer mode of propagating, than by using hand glasses, or giving 

 cuttings the " gentle bottom heat" so highly recommended by 

 some. In propagating cuttings under a hand glass, a shady situ- 

 ation is generally selected, and great care is taken to keep oiF 

 the sun's rays from affording the least heat to them ; this is easily 

 done, for a more unfit form for raising heat; than a hand glass has, 

 cannot be well imagined ; it never occurs to the person who uses 

 them in propagating soft wooded plants, that a volume of cold 

 moist nir is not as good for raising cuttings as one fourth the same 

 quantity of moist heated air, is ; in like manner, in propagating 

 under frames, the sun's services are almost entirely dispensed 



