ON DESTROYING THE APHIS.— ON PROPAGATING EXOTICS. 219 



ARTICLE III.— On destroying the Aphis, infesting the 

 Verbena triphylla. By A Practical Lady Ama- 

 teur. 

 On my return to the country this July, I found a sweet-scented 

 Verbena so infested with Aphis, that it appeared to be in a dying 

 state. I immediately mixed the camphor wash recommended by 

 Snowdrop at page 250 of No. XXT. of the Cabinet. Fearing, 

 however, that the plant would hardly survive the week, and it being 

 necessary the mixture should stand before using, I placed a plant 

 of Camomile in a pot next to the Verbena. Before the week was 

 out, every insect was dead and the plant was recovering. I have 

 had no occasion to use the wash, and the Verbena is now in a 

 thriving state. 



A Practical Lady Amateur. 



Bedfordshire, July, 1835. 



ARTICLE TV .—Observations upon the Propagation of 

 Exotics. By Mr. F. F. Ashford. 



Agreeably to my promise, made in Vol. II. page 72 of the Flo- 

 ricultural Cabinet, respecting the different modes of propagation 

 used by cultivators of the present day, in increasing their collec- 

 tions of Stove and Greenhouse Exotics, I take up my pen in per- 

 formance of the same, and briefly to state, in as short a space as 

 possible, how those respective modes can be performed with cer- 

 tain success. To those who are experienced in these matters, 

 these observations will undoubtedly be of but little use ; though to 

 the young gardener (and to whom these remarks are humbly ad- 

 dressed,) who is just diverging from his apprenticeship, they will 

 probably be of paramount importance. I shall arrange the modes 

 under the following respective heads: — 1. Seeds; 2. Cuttings; 

 3. Offsets ; 4. Layers ; 5. Inarching ; 6. Root divisions ; 7. 

 Leaves ; 8. Suckers ; 0. Plant divisions. 



1. Seeds. — When an exotic is in flower that will produce 

 seed, it should be put in a situation where it may receive benefit 

 from the rays of the sun, and, if the weather permit, plentiful 

 MippH* -i of air and water, that the seeds may be properly ripened 



