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LL kinds of Eoses (excepting the China and its ^- 

 varieties) may now be budded. Leave a small 't^' 

 portion of wood with every bud, or, this dry season especially, the 

 buds will shrivel, without much attention, both to watering at the 

 roots, moistening the bud by sprinkling water over it, shading the 

 same &c. Securing the bud witli worsted is better than matting. 

 The following mode has been adopted with very great success. " The 

 bud for insertion is taken off the shoot very close to the eye ; the tip 

 or part of the bark below the bud is cut off quite close, to allow the 

 bud to be pushed closer into the stock without being bruised. It then 

 requires only to be tied above the bud, and a composition applied to 

 exclude the air and keep the bud cool, consisting of two-thirds cow- 

 dung and one-third stiff loam. The bud requires no untying, and 

 gradually grows so closely into the stock, as hardly to be distinguished 

 from a shoot, and is not so likely to be blown out or injured. The 

 composition is applied in a liquid state." Chrysanthemums should 

 have the leads pinched off, in order to induce laterals to push, so the 

 plants may be dwarfer, and have bushy heads ; this must be done as 

 early as possible. Propagate by means of slips, parting of the plants, 

 &c., any double flowered, and other desirable fibrous rooted perennial 

 plants done flowering. Cut off the stems of Double Rockets, in order 

 to induce them to push forth side shoots, which will furnish plants for 

 dividin"-. Transplant into nursery beds, or into borders, seedling peren- 

 nial or biennial plants sown in spring. Seeds of all kinds of bulbous- 

 rooted and tuberous-rooted plants should be sown in pans or boxes, such 

 as Cyclamens, Anemonies, Ranunculuses, Hyacinths, &c. Take up any 

 bulbs of Ranunculuses, &c. remaining in the beds whose foliage is de- 

 cayed. Plant out, too, any autumn flowering bulbs. Auriculas and 

 Polyanthuses should be cleared of their dead leaves, have offsets taken off, 

 and the plants be re-potted ; also pot off seedlings. Heartsease should 

 be increased, putting them in a shady border. Verbenas should be in- 

 creased by putting off cuttings, potting runners, &c., so that they may 

 be well established before the winter season commences. The plants 

 in beds, borders, &c., will require a good watering at the roots with 

 soft pond-water twice or three times a week, if the season continues 

 dry ; so with most other bedded plants, as Scarlet Pelargoniums, &c. 

 Seeds of Pansies, and any of tlie early blooming annuals, should be 

 gathered as soon as they appear mature ; the Pansy should be gathered 

 before the husk breaks, or the seeds will suddenly be widely scattered. 

 Pinks already planted out in beds should be watered, shaded, &c. ; 

 beds of them may still be made. See articles in former Numbers. 



