

THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



NOVEMBER 1st, 1834. 

 PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. — Several Experiments in Striking Cut-' 

 tings of Plants in Water. By the Author of the 

 " Domestic Gardener's Manual," C.M.H.S. 



I am not a florist — that is, I do not profess to be an adept at, 

 or passionately fond of, the culture of the several species of flowers 

 which florists exhibit ; but I delight in beautiful flowering plants, 

 whether tbey be shrubby or herbaceous : hence I am anxious to 

 discover ready and effectual modes of propagation. I do not object 

 to the usual methods of raising plants ; on the contrary, I con- 

 stantly practice them : but if I can also bring the vital principle 

 into action by any unusual plan of operation, and retain it in 

 uninterrupted vigour without clack, I am more gratified than if I 

 hud practised merely the usual routine. 



It has long been known that some cuttings will emit roots into 

 if bottom heat be maintained ; and numbers of persons have 

 thus raised Oleanders. I$y comparing that fact with the singular 

 production and vast extension of Melon roots, which had protruded 

 a single fibre through a water-tight joint of a brick wall, into a 

 small tank built upon a flue, I was led to try experiments freely 

 with cutting! of Melon and Cucumber shoots, and clearly ascer- 

 tained that I rarely failed to strike any cutting, whether taken at 

 a joint or not, and that in a few days : I even struck a Cucumber 

 in November lti'M. lint though some plants will emit roots late 



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