126 ON TRELLIS AND TRAILING PLANTS. 



All is then ready but the dressing department, which he finishes with 

 a skilful and successful hand. 



As soon as the blooming season is over, the piping process begins : 

 this he performs by taking off slips three or fourlinches in length, and 

 having striped off their foliage, cutting them horizontally with a 

 sharp penknife at the; third or fourth joint, he then sets them under 

 a small hand-glass in a shady place and waters them as the weather 

 requires; never taking the glass off till he sees signs of growth, 

 which is generally in three weeks or a month. He thus propagates 

 thousands every year. 



The following are a few of our regular winning sorts, and stand 

 first on the list for this and our neighbouring counties. 



Purple laced. Red laced. Black and AVhite. 



Suwarrow. Criterion. Parry's Union. 



True Blue. Comet. Snow -ball. 



Duke of St. Alban's. Admiral Codrington. White Rock. 



Robin Hood. Red Rover. Master Overall. 



These are indeed of matchless superiority and ought to be pos- 

 sessed by every true admirer of floral beauty and perfection : their 

 neat and compact form, their bright and distinct colour, and their 

 fine lace-work, makes them vie even with the Carnation and Pi- 

 co tee. 



ARTICLE IV. 



ON TRELLIS AND TRAILING PLANTS. 



BY A FOREMAN OF A LONDON NURSERY. 



The late improvements in the style of parlour plants may be con- 

 sidered a happy prognostic of the success and continuance of this 

 branch of floriculture. Much has been said in praise of the Verbenas, 

 and certainly there is no group so well entitled to pTaise. Their com- 

 paratively diminutive size and facility of flowering, their elegance of 

 growth and delicacy of foliage, the varied tints and even distinctive 

 colours, render them an especial attraction to even the most careless 

 and incurious observer of flowers. Two or three varieties, at this 

 moment blooming in my windows, have elicited universal admiration ; 

 and, though blossoming like the flower of Gray, in a region where 

 " Full many a flower is born to blush unseen," 



