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little shoots at the upper part. The growing of 

 the upper part of any plant whatever, propagated 

 by slips, is the most certain sign of the existence 

 of young roots. All the dwarf succulent plants 

 of the garden on the itagbre can, like the opun- 

 tia, be propagated by slips, in the cold portable 

 greenhouse ; only taking care that the part sep- 

 arated as a slip be allowed to dry and begin to 

 form a scab by contact with the air before 

 planting it. 



Slips from Leaves. 



If you have renewed the contents of your 

 flower- stand every season, you will have at the 

 proper time achimenes in bloom. This pretty 

 plant is easily cultivated ; and its numerous tubu- 

 lated flowers, nearly the same in form with those 

 of the paulownia, are in color of a beautiful 

 light violet, or of a fiery red, regularly marked 

 with yellow and purple within. Take off a leaf 

 of achimenes and stick it by its stem ; it will take 

 root, and this single leaf will in a short time be- 

 come a perfect plant, similar to the one from 

 which it was detached. But if the species that 



