256 TROPAGATING LUCULIA GRATISSIMA, 
Maria, Crimson Boursault, Leopoldine d’Orleans, Mirianthus Ranun- 
cule, Felicité Perpetual, Amadis, Wood’s Garland, Dundee Rambler, 
Ruga, Thoresbyay§ (or Bennett's Seedling), Madame d’Arblay, Rosea 
Elegans, and Jessica, with others I could not learn the names of. The 
whole had a very charming effect. When I saw them, early in Sep- 
tember, they were in fine bloom, and I was told they had been so from 
May ; they appeared likely to bloom till the end of the season. 
PROPAGATING LUCULIA GRATISSIMA. 
BY AN AMATEUR PLANT GROWER. 
In several of the previous Numbers of the FLorrcutturRAL CABINET 
I have read communications relative to the above-named magnificent 
flowering plant, and the strong recommendation of it induced me to 
procure a large one to form an ornament in my greenhouse during the 
autumn and early winter months. I had a small border in the house, 
and turned the plant into it. There :was a liberal drainage at the 
bottom of broken sandstone, upon which I placed cut pieces of turf, 
and a compost of equal parts of rich turfy loam, peat, and leaf mould. 
In this the plant flourishes amazingly. I have a row of pillars fifteen 
feet high, to which I have showy plants trained. In this manner I 
treat the Luculia, allowing it to have side shoots all the way up ; this 
is easily managed by attention to pruning, and my plant jis now in 
splendid bloom the length of ten’ feet up the pillar, and it fills the 
house with its delicious “perfume. It is very easy to cultivate, and 
grows freely. The noble heads of flowers produce a charming effect, 
and the plant ought to be grown in every greenhouse and con- 
servatory. 
In order to have my plant suitably furnished with shoots its entire 
length, I necessarily prune it, as before noticed ; this I do in February. 
The consequence of this operation is the production of a number of 
new shoots in spring; having such a supply I resolved, two years ago, 
to propagate the plant by cuttings taken off when they were about two 
to three inches long, taking them at the origin, inserting them in sand, 
and plunging the pots in a hot-bed, they struck in the proportion of 
one-third. 
I had recourse to the following method of experiment, which suc- 
ceeded to my utmost expectation. At the time I took off the cuttings, 
as above stated, I tightly tied round a number of shoots a piece of 
small twine, putting it close under the lowest joints; this caused the 
shoots to swell at those parts, and in about three weeks I cut them off, 
just below the swelling, inserted them in sand, and plunged them in a 
hot-bed, covered by bell glasses, and every cutting rooted directly. 
I have a plant of the fine Luculia Pinciana which I am treating in 
a similar manner to the above species, and I anticipate when it blooms 
it will form a highly ornamental companion thereto. 
