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enough to bear the head, or they will grow very crooked 

 and ugly. If the Laburnums have made good progress, 

 they will be fit for grafting the Brooms on the third 

 and fourth year. The grafting is done at the top of the 

 stock, as for the Weeping Ash. 



The Pyrus Japonica. 



The Pyrus Japonica is a very uncommon plant, not- 

 withstanding its remarkable beauty, which, when in 

 flower in the early spring, is very striking, the whole 

 plant being coYered with large scarlet flowers, which 

 appear before the leaYes. There are seYeral sorts of it, 

 and the Quince is one of the genus. The P. Japonica 

 may be grafted on standard stocks of the Quince at 

 5 or 6 feet from the ground, when it makes a beautiful 

 lawn tree, and being very hardy and early in flower, it 

 is very desirable to enliven the scene after a dull and 

 dreary winter. 



The grafting is done in the same way as the Pear or 

 Apple is grafted in the spring. It may also be multi- 

 plied by layers of the last year's growth, as the Grape- 

 vine is layered. These are slower to emit roots than 

 the Vine, and must not be disturbed for twelve months 

 from the layering, when the rooted layers may be re- 

 moved and planted out, being cut in a bit to induce 

 dwarf plants for walls, for which they are often used, 

 as well as for low interior fences. The effect of this 

 plant, trained on such a fence, is extraordinary when 

 in flower in the early spring. 



The Garrya Elliptica. 



This and the remainder of the small genus are Ifonoe- 

 cious plants, and belong to the Nut class. The Garrya 

 is the type of the order, G. Elliptica. It is one of the 

 most beautiful hardy evergreen shrubs to be found, 

 possessing leathery, oak-like leaves. The flowers, to be 

 sure, are not gaudy, but of a singular quiet colour and 

 of a most distinct character, being doubtless incom- 



