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HELIOTROPIUM PANICULATDM. 



sired height is reached, and then the top may be 

 pinched off, and four or five eyes allowed tu grow 

 at the top. When they are five inches long, they 

 should be pinched as directed for the others. The 

 engraving above shows one grown in this way. 

 Panicidatum is the best for this mode of growing, 

 and likewise for covering the back walls of green- 

 houses. ^ 



For compost to grow them, nothing is so good as 

 a plain, strong loam. This, with sonnd drainage, Avill 

 be found to grow them shorter jointed, and more 

 compact, and will enable them to withstand an 

 hour or two of drought without suffering. 



In all their stages, they require full exposure to 

 sunshine, and, when approaching the blooming con- 

 dition, simply a cool and airy situation in the house. 



Eepeated transplantixg retards the growth of 

 wood, and produces premature maturity in the 

 plant— it converts, for want of abundant nourish- 

 ment, wood buds into fruit buds. It is calculated 

 to produce early bearing. Frequent transplanting 

 is often resorted to by the florist, in order to in- 

 duce plants to produce flowers, or to produce an 

 abundance of flowers, and it is found highly effica- 

 cioas La the balsam, coxcomb, &c. 



SMITH'S SPRUCE FIR. 



Smith's, or the Himalayan, Spruce Fir, {Alnes 

 Smithiana) is a native of Kamaon and Simore, and, 

 according to Prof. Don, it is chiefly distinguished 

 from A. orientalis, a nearly related species from 

 Armenia and Georgia, by its more compressed and 

 slender leaves, and by its larger cones, with broader 

 scales. It was first introduced into England from 

 the East Indies in 1818. Its rate of growth, in 

 British gardens, is nearly or quite equal to the com- 

 mon spruce. Loudon says, " there can be little or 

 no doubt that this tree is as hardy in the climate of 

 Britain as the common spruce ; ' and, as it is un- 

 questionably more ornamental, it well deserves a 

 place in every collection." H. Sargeant, Esq., of 

 Fishkill Landing, reports the AMes Smithiana hardy 

 in the shade at Fishkill^ Boston, and New Jersey ; 

 very hardy at Newport, E. I. ; hardy at Flushing, 

 Long Island, Washington, and Cincinnati ; loses its 

 leader in Philadelphia; tender in Clinton, N. Y., 

 and Columbus, Ohio ; suffers in Natchez, Miss, It 

 is one of the most beautiful of fevergreens, and when 

 hardy, should have a place in the smallest collections. 



smith's speucb fir. 



The annexed cut will give an idea of the habit of 

 this tree. It resembles somewhat the Norway 

 spruce, but the foliage is of a lighter green, more 

 densely set on the branches, and more gracefully 

 pendulous. 



There is perhaps nothing better to protect grape 

 vines in winter than hemlock boughs. 



