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upon each other to protect any tall 

 growing shrub in severe weather, other- 

 wise they are more troublesome to move, 

 and more liable to breakage than if 

 made entire. 



ilAND-WEEDIXG: much of it might 

 be banished from the garden, if in the 

 kitchen department all crops were in- 

 serted in drills. This is most desirable ; 

 for the stirring of the surface conse- 

 quent to hoeing, is much more beneficial 

 to the crops, and cannot be repeated 

 too frequently. 



HAPALOSTEPHIUM. Eightspecies. 

 Hardy herbaceous. Division and seed. 

 Sandv rich soil. 



HARDENBERGIA monophylla is a 

 green-house climber, the cultivation of 

 which is thus narrated by Mr. G. Wat- 

 son : — 



" Train with five leading shoots, one 

 from the centre of the pot, to which a 

 long, small, neat stick is placed ; the 

 other four being fastened to four similar 

 sticks at regular distances round the 

 edge of the pot. From each of these 

 leading shoots proceed numerous side- 

 branches which are densely covered 

 •with flowers. When the plant has done 

 blooming, which is by the end of May 

 or beginning of June, still allow it to 

 remain in the green-house until the 

 shoots are well ripened. During this 

 time the plant is watered sparingly; 

 for it is only by moderating the supply 

 of water that we can imitate those pe- 

 riodical seasons of rest to which this, 

 as well as all other exotic plants, is ex- 

 posed in its native climate. 



" By the first week in August it is 

 taken from the green-house and well 

 soaked with water, then placed in the 

 open air in a sheltered situation, but 

 fully exposed to the sun, being double 

 potted to prevent the sun's rays from 

 destroying the small fibres, which are 

 the principal feeding organs. 



" The whole of the side shoots are 

 pruned to one or not more than two 

 eyes, and the leading shoots cut back 

 according to their strength, so as to call 

 into action the whole of the remaining 

 buds. As soon as the new shoots are 

 from one to two inches in length, the 

 plant is taken from the pot and nearly 

 the whole of the soil is shaken from its 

 roots ; the stronger roots are at the 

 same time cut back to smaller fibres. 

 It is then repotted in a new or clean 

 ■washed pot, thoroughly drained. 



"The soil in which it thrives well is 

 chopped turfy heath-mould, mixed with 

 a little sand. After forcing it is placed 

 in a shady place for a short time, and 

 by degrees exposed fully to the sun, 

 being taken into the green-house by the 

 end of September.'" — Card. Chron. 



HARDY PLANTS are those which 

 endure uninjured our seasons without 

 protection. Half-hardy Plants arc those 

 which require a temporary protection 

 during the colder portions of the year. 



HAREBELL. Campanula rotundi- 

 folia. 



HARES and RABBITS are deterred 

 from injuring trees and shrubs by mixing 

 night-soil and clay in water, and daub- 

 ing it over the stems with a brush, in 

 November ; and if the winter proves 

 very wet, in February. The November 

 dressing is, however, generally suffi- 

 cient. This mixture has stopped their 

 depredations entirely, even when they 

 had commenced operations. — Gard. 

 Chron. 



HARE'S-EAR. Bupleurum. 



HARE'S-FERN. Davallia canari- 

 ensis. 



HARE'S-FOOT. Ochromalagopus. 



HARONGA madagascariensis. Stove 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



HARPALYCE. Four species. Hardy 

 herbaceous. Seeds. Common soil. 



HARRISONIA loniceroides. Stove 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



HARTOGIA cjpensis. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



HAUTBOY. See Strawberry. 



HAWK FLY. See Scmw. 



HAWKWEED. Hieracium. 



HAWORTHIA. Sixty-two species. 

 Green-house succulents. Suckers or 

 cuttings of leaves. Sandy loam and 

 leaf-mould. 



HAWTHORN. Crattegus. 



HAWTHORN BUTTERFLY. See 



PlERIS. 



HAYLOCKIA pmsilia. Half-hardy 

 bulb. Offsets. Sandy loam. 



HAZEL. Corylus avellana. 



HEADING, or as it is also termed 

 Cabbaging or Loaving, is an inaptitude 

 to unfold the central leaves, character- 

 izing the various members of the Cab- 

 bage tribe. They have their centre or 

 bud composed of a larger number of 

 leaves than usual, and these, in some 



