32 THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



the genus, Guelder Rose is the species. The Laurestine 

 is a Viburnum. The Guelder Pose is a valuable and 

 a most singular plant when in flower. A few good 

 plants of this kind hare a very marked and striking 

 effect among others in the spring, when in flower, with 

 their large and pure white perfect halls of flowers, sus- 

 pended as they are from the points of the branches in a 

 most fantastic way ; and being very large, they show 

 themselves from a distance. 



It may be propagated by seed and by cuttings. The 

 seed should be sown as soon as ripe, or in the spring, in 

 fine light soil. The cuttings should be put in in the 

 autumn. 



The Portugal Laurel. 



The Portugal Laurel is a verv useful shrub if 

 planted in conspicuous places, where it can grow free 

 from obstruction and has the benefit of good lio-fit all 

 round. It should be cut over with the knife (never 

 use shears) annually. It forms a beautiful, compact, 

 evergreen ornament, if grown quickly for a few years 

 and trimmed up with a leader to 8 or 10 feet, then 

 stopped to form a head, and this head cut over with the 

 knife annually, so as to form an unibrella-skaped head, 

 with a clean, straight stem, and ultimately grown in a 

 large pot or tub. It then answers well for imitation 

 Orange-trees for the terrace, Italian garden, or for 

 setting beside broad walks, entrances, &c. Planted as 

 hedge-breaks for interiors, and kept cut in with the 

 knife annually, it forms one of the most desirable 

 screens in connection with pleasure-grounds that it is 

 possible to have, and far superior to the common 

 Laurel, as it never under such circumstances gets leaf- 

 less and unsightly below, as is invariably the case with 

 the common Laurel. 



It may be easily propagated by cuttings, and raised 

 from seed. The cuttings should be 10 or 11 inches 

 long, of the same season's growth, taken off in tho 

 month of September or October, with a heel of the old 

 wood ; then cut at right angles through where the 



