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composed night-soil. Should the loam be strong, use 

 the same proportion of half-rotten horse-droppings. 

 The turves in the loam should only be half-decayed, 

 and used as rOugh as possible. (Gard. Chron. 1844, 

 195.) 



By Coiling. — This system, we believe, was first 

 suggested by Mr. Mearns, and the practice is thus 

 particularized by Mr. Elliott — 



Take a shoot of sufficient length, with good bear- 

 ing wood at the extremity ; all buds to be carefully 

 removed from that part to be coiled into the pot, say 

 seven or eight feet in length, leaving about three feet 

 of bearing wood; in size, the pot from 12 to 14 inches 

 in diameter, and well drained ; the soil, fresh turfy 

 loam direct from an old sheep-walk close upon the 

 lime-stone, with a little of a more sandy nature added, 

 well chopped up and mixed together ; some of the 

 roughest turfs put over the drainage, and the rod 

 coiled in ; when filling up the pot the soil to be well 

 pressed down, especially against the coil ; when 

 finished, and the stem tied to a stake, the pot to be 

 sunk into a dry border, and protected from the extremes 

 of the weather, until introduced to the forcing-house, 

 when the pot must be plunged up to the rim in a bark 

 bed ranging from 87 to 97 degs. while the atmospheric 

 temperature must be kept from 40 to 50 degs. to pre- 

 vent evaporation ; the stem to be covered loosely with 

 moss, and kept always moist by syringing with cool 



