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potting in poor soil, which induced the formation of numerous " eyes," or 

 embryo shoots. By the last week of May, these became strong shrubby 

 plants, and were turned out into strong wicker baskets, sunk out into a bed 

 or border, of rough turfy loam and fibrous peat soil, with a limited quantity 

 of silver sand and leaf mould. The baskets were filled with similar com- 

 post, and distributed six feet asunder, to allow the plants to grow into large 

 bushy specimens, which, as ihey advanced in size and symmetry, were fre- 

 quently stopped, to render them dwarf, and as compact as possible. They 

 were not permitted to bloom in this situation, and, in the second week of 

 September, tiie baskets (which were constructed in halves, to enable me 

 to remove them from the enclosed ball) were divided, and the entire balls 

 potted into very large pots, admitting the addition of fresh compost and 

 good drainage. This accomplished, they were removed to a cold pit for a 

 fortnight, and, in the first week of October, the best specimens were placed 

 in the greenhouse conservatory, and soon commenced blooming, continuing 

 in great beauty until Christmas, when they were succeeded by the remain- 

 der in the dry cold pit. At that time, the specimens first introduced into 

 the warm conservatory were pruned back moderately, and plunged in the 

 pit of a plant forcing structure, where they grew rapidly, receiving, as be- 

 fore, frequent stoppings, and waterings of w-eak manure-watei. In the first 

 week in March, these were restored to the conservatory again, in readiness 

 to bloom immediately, and were succeeded in the forcing structure by the 

 secondary lot, treated similarly on being introduced there. These latter 

 afforded plenty of cut flowers in April and May, and finally the whole were 

 shortened back considerably, and turned out for decorative purposes in June, 

 making a very respectable display in the flower-garden in August and Sep- 

 tember. So much for the winter treatment of this useful and very orna- 

 mental plant, which, in my estimation, may be brought to much greater 

 perfection as a specimen pot-plant than at present it appears to have attained ; 

 and, in expectation of more valuable communications on the subject, I am 

 inainly induced to forward the foregoing observations. — [lb. p. 324.) 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 



Weather in Pennsylvania. — We have had a good deal of rain during the 

 past two weeks, and crops of every kind bid fair to give more than an average 

 yield. We have had no frost this spring to injure any thing, and the foli- 

 age of the forest is exceedingly rich, and fruit of every kind very abundant; 

 apples, perhaps, will not be so abundant as they were last season, owing to 

 the trees having been somewhat exhausted. — A. Huidckoper, Mcadville, Pa. 

 June, 1847. 



CuUivating the Peach Tree. — Have you ever experimented any in grow- 

 ing peach trees from cuttings ? I have been in the habit of growing tomato 

 plants sepaiately, in boxes about six inches square, until they were in 



