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elegans, Hartnelli superba, hybrida, inflata alba, Irbyaua, jasiiiiDi- 

 llora alba, Lambertiana rosea, maidstonieusis, mammosa major, 

 IMarnockiana, melanthera, mirabilis, odorata, Parmentieri rosea, 

 perspicua erecta, rellexa, retorta major, Savileana major, Sindryana 

 rubra, tortili«flora, tricolor eoronata, t. elegans, t. exquisita, t. 

 flammea, t. impressa, t. .superba, t. rosea, t. AVilsoni superba, tri- 

 umphans, vernix coccinea, princeps cocciuea major. 



Epacrises. — Ardeutissima, delicata, Eclipse, deusitiora, graudi- 

 tlora rubra, hyaciuthiflora candidissima, impressa, impressa alba, 

 miniata splendens, pulchella major. The Bride, tricolor, Vesuvius, 

 magnifica, splendida. Lady Alice Peel. 



Propagating New Holland and other Hard -wooded 

 Plants. — The large seedhouses keep seeds of many of the above, 

 which, if sown in spring in a gentle warmth, will make nice little 

 plants in the same season. They may also, with a very few excej)- 

 tions, |De increased by cuttings, using the same precautions as for 

 Heaths. Eriostemons and Correas are difficult to strike, and are 

 usually grafted on suitable stocks. In the case of Eriostemons I 

 have succeeded very well with one of the free-growing Pimeleas as 

 a stock, such as P. decussata. The better kinds of Correas take 

 well on a free-growing species of their own family, Correa alba 

 being generally employed. 



Grafting is a very simple process, and seldom fails if the 

 necessary conditions are present. If it is done in summer, 

 a close frame or pit will suffice, shading when the sun shines. 

 At other seasons a little warmth will be necessary, keeping 

 close and shading till the union is effected, which will be in 

 about a month or six weeks. Constant watchfulness is necessary 

 in propagating, as there are many little details in the work that 

 cannot be set down here. In the case of the plants referred to, 

 the grafting is done when the stocks are about as thick as a large- 

 sized quill, the graft, a young healthy shoot just getting firm at 

 the bottom, being fLxed on the side of the stem 2 or 3 inches 

 from the ground. The process of attachment is as follows : A 

 thin slice of bark and wood is cut away from the stem of the stock 

 by a downward cut about 2 inches long. When the knife, which 

 must be as sharp as a razor, has descended far enough, maintain- 

 ing a regular even course all through, it is Avithdrawn, and its 

 keen edge is applied outside at the bottom of the cut ^slip of bark 

 and wood in a slanting direction, until it is severed and becomes 

 detached, leaving a little niche, into which the bottom of the 

 scion, when prepared, will fit. The graft is prepared by cutting 

 a thin slice from its side to make it fit the cut position on the 

 side of the stock ; when the fit is perfect bind the two together 



