44 THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



soon as they are struck, which they will soon do, lift 

 the hancllight up to give them air ; stop them, and 

 finally pot them off or prick them out into a shady fine 

 border, and again plant them out in a dry and sunny 

 border or bed. 



In the cold northern counties it will be necessary to 

 house the young plants in a dry cold frame in the severe 

 and protracted frosts of winter, and to screen old plants 

 with furze-branches ; but in the western^ counties no 

 such protection will be required. 



By Seed they are easily raised. 



The Lilac (Nat. Orel, Oleacea). 



I have said enough, in reference to the Lilac not beino; 

 a Syringa, although the genus is called one. Under the 

 head " Syringa " is my explanation. The Lilacs are a 

 most beautiful class of flowering deciduous shrubs, and 

 are too well known to require an} r description here. 

 They may be propagated by seed sown in the spring, in 

 drills of light soil, a little shady. 



The Lilac may be multiplied by the suckers, which 

 it gives in abundance, and also by layers. It is a genus 

 that is most desirable in back borders, and will bear 

 cutting to any amount. It is useful for forcing, espe- 

 cially the Persian, and more particularly the AVhite 

 Persian. It may be taken up from the ground with a 

 good ball of earth carefully, and potted in October, 

 when, introduced into the heat in December, it will 

 succeed well. 



The Gleditschia (Fabacea). 



This is the genus to which the Honey Locust-tree 

 belongs, and which in all probability is the plant which 

 composed the crown of thorns which the Jews placed 

 upon our Saviour's head. It is a spiny variety ; in 

 fact they are a horribly thorny tribe, and the greater 

 part of them come from Asia. The fruit was the locust 

 food which John the Baptist eat, as it was plentiful 



