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to bloom more freely and vigorously, it was budded upon a Crimson 

 Boursault, and the result proved highly satisfactory, both in quantity 

 and in size of flowers. The Crimson Boursault may be procured at a 

 small cost, and it may be "worked upon the coming season. 



Highbury and North London Horticultural Society was 

 established last year (1850), and the number of members now amounts 

 to about two hundred, comprising a great number of the nobility and 

 gentry of the locality ; and it is calculated the number will be doubled 

 this season. The Society distributed 225/. 19s. in prizes, at its two 

 exhibitions, the past summer. Three exhibitions are to be held this 

 year, and to take place the day after the Royal Botanic Regent's Park, 

 meetings. It is highly creditable to the Society, and we doubt not but 

 they will have all their expectations more than realized. Why may 

 not the nobility, gentry, florists, &c, of the Eastern side of London, 

 emulate those of the other quarters of the Metropolis? 



Ipoalea Horsfalllt.. — In a recent number, a correspondent solicits 

 instruction how to propagate this splendid blooming hothouse climber. 

 If the following method be practised, success will certainly be realized. 

 The Ipomcea insignis is a vigorous grower, and can be purchased at a 

 cheap rate at most of the general nurseries. The /. Horsfallice, grafted 

 upon stocks of the above, readily take, and progress admirably after- 

 wards. The operation is as follows, and March is the best period for 

 its being done. Cut the stock down near to the earth, having the cut 

 left sloping upwards ; then cut the piece (scion) to be grafted in the 

 stock, so that the slope is downwards; slit the stock a little downwards 

 and the scion upwards, fitting the two together by the tongue, and 

 having the bark of each to fit exactly at the sides. This being done, 

 tie securely together, and clay the parts over. After this operation, 

 plunge the pot in a hot-bed frame, bark pit, or similar bottom heat, 

 and cover over with a bell-glass ; if several, a hand-glass will answer. 

 Attention to watering will be required, and the graft will soon unite. 

 As it pushes, air must gradually be admitted, till the graft is properly 

 inured. The /. insignis strikes freely by cuttings, so that the tops 

 which are cut off, being struck, stocks will be obtained for grafting 

 purposes. — A Nobleman's Gardener. 



Blooming Hyacinths. — The secret of successfully blooming the 

 Hyacinth is in having the roots in advance of the flower-stem and 

 leaves. Thus, other tilings being equal, the sooner that bulbs intended 

 for forcing or merely growing in the greenhouse or window in winter 

 and spring are potted in the autumn, and slightly covered and plunged, 

 the better they will succeed. The heat in the ground is, upon an 

 average, higher than the atmospheric, and thus roots are formed plenti- 

 fully before there is much expansion of leaves ; so that there is no want 

 of nourishment far the flower-stems and leaves when free growth takes 

 place. The same rule applies to those grown in glasses. It is a 

 general property of roots to court darkness, and shun light. Lately I 

 noticed a great many Hyacinths in rows, in glasses in windows, just 

 beginning to grow, while several were rotting and moulding at their 

 base. This casualty might have been prevented by not allowing the 

 water to touch either the bulb or the roots, until the latter were one- 

 third of an inch in length. The water should be changed, too, every 



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