ON PLANTING EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 29 



its roots do not by nature straggle far from the stem. To prevent 

 this starvation, it would be much better to wash away all the soil from 

 the roots, and plant it again with its roots unconfined ; then it would 

 be able to seek food for itself abundantly, and thereby produce much 

 larger flowers. 



The following list contains forty of the best varieties in cultiva- 

 tion : — 



Argo. Paul Pry. 



Augusta (May.) Peter Dick (May.) 



Anne Eliza (Do.) Platonia (Do.) 



British Queen. Penelope (Do.) 



Colonel Dundas. Queen of the Whites. 



Captivation. Reliance Superb. 



Dandie Dinmont (May.) Triumph (Cook's.) 



Eclipse (Thompson.) Victoria Superba. 



Feronia (May.) Wycomb Abbey. 



Haidee (Do.) Westminster Abbey. 



Henrietta. Windsor Castle. 



Jmogene (May.) White Perfection. 



John (Thompson.) *Liberal (Hancock's.) 



Jewess (Warren ) *Acme of Perfection (Do.) 



• (Lidgard.) "'Ringleader (Do.) 



Livia (Thompson.) *Revenge (Do.) 



Laura (May.) *Victory (Do.) 



Magnet (Thompson.) *Miss May (Do.) 



Miss Jane (Hancock.) "'Glory of North Durham (Do.) 



Miss Towers (Do.) *Beauty of the Wear (Do.) 



The last eight, marked with a star, I particularly recommend, as 

 being some of the best flowers ever yet produced. They will, I 

 believe, be sent out by the raiser in May, 1842, at 1/. 5s. the set. 



ARTICLE III. 



ON PLANTING EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



BY A SURREY NURSERYMAN. 



The subject of successfully transplanting evergreen shrubs having 

 recently been inquired about by a correspondent, I forward for inser- 

 tion in an early number of the Cabinet the following- remarks thereon, 

 being the result of a thirty years' observation and practice as a nur- 

 seryman, who cultivates upwards of eight acres of evergreens. It is 

 admitted that the leaves of a tree contribute to the production of roots, 

 consequently the period when they exert the greatest influence in that 

 particular is the best period to plant in. From October to January it 

 is evident the leaves of evergreens are in their state of maturity, and 

 then possess the greatest power of active agency, and are best pre,- 



