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seed-pans in March, and set on heat for the tender 

 ones, and in a cold frame for the hardy sorts. By cut- 

 tings of the sound young wood in pots of peat and loam 

 and sand. By offsets or suckers at any time during the 

 autumn and the spring. 



The Yeronica {Scrophalariacece). 



There are a great many varieties of Speedwells, all of 

 which are more or less beautiful. They include some 

 fine flowering shrubs, as Lindleyana fomwsa, Sanguini- 

 Jlora, SalicifoUa, Madame Frezelle, &c, all beautiful 

 shrubs that attain to a s-ood size in the West of En<r- 

 land, where they flower abundantly ; but I am not 

 aware that they will stand the climate of the north 

 through a sharp winter. 



The propagation of the Veronica is by seed, by cut- 

 tings, and by layers. 



By Cuttings. — Take cuttings off at any time during 

 the summer, 2 or 3 inches long, of the young wood. 

 Trim off the leaves, cut below a leaflet, and insert 

 them in pots filled with peat or leaf-mould, sand, and 

 maiden loam. Water and set them in a j>it or frame. 



By Seed. — Sow the seed in seed-pans in the spring, 

 and set in a warm house, pit, or frame till well up, 

 when they may be hardened off and finally set out of 

 doors ; and, as soon as largo enough, plant the seedlings 

 out into the ground or pot them off. 



The Pomegranate (Myrtacece). 



This tribe, when in infancy, might be mistaken for a 

 Myrtle, but they are much more beautiful when in 

 flower, and the fruit is of a fine apple shape. The 

 Pomegranate is too tender to stand our climate, except 

 on a warm south wall. It may be propagated by seed 

 and by cuttings, which are the most convenient 

 methods of multiplying them. 



By Seed. — Sow the seed in deep seed-pans in the 

 month of March. Cover it half an inch with fine 



