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root. Fearing that, thus experimenting, I might not succeed as I 

 hoped, I divided the lot of cuttings, and inserted the other half in 

 sand in pots, and placed them in the same situation as the hoxes. 

 Each were duly attended to afterwards; and the result was, far more 

 of the cuttings struck in the box than in the pot, and a fortnight 

 sooner. The porous nature of the wood, and the warmth it retains, 

 contribute to promote the more certain and early rooting of the 

 cuttings than those inserted in pots. 



ARTICLE V. 



REMARKS ON THE PINK. 



BY FLORISTA. 



I have read Mr. Ibbett's further remarks in the last number of the 

 Cabinet, and I perceive he has not controverted the statement I have 

 before made " that the shape of petal and constancy in lacing of the 

 majority of northern pinks is surpassed, or even approached by 

 southern ones." I again assert that I have not seen any southern 

 flower possessing the form of petal and regularity in lacing which is 

 invariably found in the northern sorts ; but on the contrar) r , the 

 southern flowers generally possess, in an eminent degree, the glaring 

 defect of bad lacing, especially on the guard petals. 



I observe Mr. William Harrison, of Felton Bridge End, Northum- 

 berland, coincides with my views on this point, and I cannot do better 

 than quote his observations on the subject. They are extracted from 

 an article written by him in answer to an inquirer, E. B., and will be 

 found at page 110 of Vol. ix. of tha Cabinet, where, after giving a 

 list of flowers, he proceeds to state that " E. B. will find many of the 

 smallest kind, such as ' Westlake's Hero,' and some others, lace best, 

 while those with very thick pods, such as ' Imsworth's Omega,' 

 crown better, yet they lace much more imperfectly, and are so apt to 

 burst their pods out at one side, that it is near akin to an impossibility, 

 even with all the bandages and care that a competitor can use, to 

 preserve them in a state fit to be presented for competition." 



Mr. Ibbett states that he does not consider himself bound to answer 

 any question, except in substantiating his remarks as positive facts; 

 with all due deference to him, I certainly took it for granted that he 

 had asserted a positive fact, when he stated he had supplied Yorkshire, 



