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Foly podium Canibricuni. 

 (Iryopteris 



filex faeminea. 

 mas. 



fragile. 



oreopteris. 



vulgare. 



dilptatum, 



Pteris crispa. 

 Osmunda regalis. 

 Aspleiiium marinum (pot), 



Of tlie i)]aiits you recommend I Iiave not succeeded in getting the 

 Anemone pulf^atilla to grow out of doors, thongli I Ivept it for many 

 years in a cold frame. Tlie Urosera anagallis tenella, Pinquicula 

 vulgaris, I have tried in many ways, but have always failed to keep 

 tliem through the winter. 



THE CAMELLIA: 



ITS PROPAGATION AND CULTURE. 



Mr. RrciiARD Sandford, a writer in the Gardeners^ Chronicle, 

 recommends the months of April and May as being the best time for 

 working Camellias, the young shoots being then generally stronger 

 than in the autumn, which is the only other season in whicii the pro- 

 cess can be adopted with chance of success. As soon as the season of 

 bloom is over, which in ordinary sized plants will happen about April 

 or May, Mr. S. recommends the plants to be then taken into a vinery, 

 and " engrafting commenced, when the young shoots of both double 

 and single kinds begin to swell, w hich they seldom fail to do, after 

 being subjected a week or a fortnight to the heat of the vinery. Sup- 

 pose the stock to consist of six branches, and that as many double 

 varieties are to be worked on it, the first thing to be attended to is, to 

 take a clean healthy shoot of the last year's growth from each double 

 sort about six inches in length, and cut it off by a joint ; the incision 

 in tlie stock should be as near the separation of the branches from tlie 

 .stem as possible, and should be about an inch and half in lengtii. 

 The bark on one side should be entirely removed, with a small portion 

 of the wood, and the same must be done with the scion, so tliat tlie 

 incision in both may exactly coincide. It is also advisable to tongue 

 them, as it is generally observed that the adhesion first takes place 

 wliere tlie tongues unite. The incision in the scion should be made 

 about an inch and half above its base, as nearly the whole of that 

 portion of the wood is to be immersed in a phial, always full of water, 

 to keep the shoot in a growing state. This phial must be tied firmly 

 to a branch of the single stock, to prevent it from falling off. When 

 the branch of the double variety is applied to that of the single kind, 

 great rare must be taken that the bark of both coincide, and that the 

 cuts of both are of equal length. They must then be bound as firmly 

 and closely as possible with matting, and some moss >vrapped round 



