"76 MARCH. 



LAYERING AND OTHERWISE PROPAGATING. 



Lay the Paeonia montana and the Chinese Pseony 

 as soon as its buds begin to swell, and take off rooted 

 offsets. 



Propagate Myrtles, Geraniums, &c. by cuttings, 

 (to be put into a hot-bed, under glass,) and propa- 

 gate by grafting, Thorns, Acacias, Roses, Althaea 

 frutex, &c. Prune all decaying Geraniums and 

 clear off the dead leaves. Remove Rose trees, 

 which, if properly treated, will flower the same year. 



Green-house plants are best propagated by plant- 

 ing the young shoots of the same year, in May or 

 June, and April or May are the best months for shift- 

 ing and dressing them. 



GARDEN FLOWERS IN BLOSSOM. 



These are Crocus, Snowdrops, several species of 

 Narcissus, Daffodils, Iris, early Tulips, Crown Im- 

 perials, Fritillary, Dogs-tooth Violet, Violets, Hya- 

 cinths, Polyanthus, Primroses, and Wallflowers. 



By the way when noticing the Crocus^ page 28, 

 I omitted to state for the benefit of all whom it may 

 concern that a love affair was connected with a 

 particular species of this flower, the Saffron Crocus. 

 This is called after a poor lad of the name of Crocus, 

 who was so desperately enamoured, (and I believe 

 unavailingly,) of Miss Smilax, that he lost his natu- 

 ral color, which after passing through the stage of 

 extreme paleness, became of that interesting bilious 

 hue, which is expressed by the term yellow, a color 



