82 THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



gated by cuttings and by layers. Short side-shoots for 

 cuttings inserted in pots of peat and maiden loam, and 

 set in a mild heat during the summer. Layering may 

 be done from spring to autumn. 



The Kerria, or Corchorus Japonica [Rosacea). 



This is a small genus of very beautifully-flowered 

 plants, which can hardly be put with the climbers, but 

 as it makes a capital covering for a wall of, say, 6 or 8 

 feet high, I have put it under this head. It is a plant 

 seldom met with now — for what reason I cannot tell, 

 for I know of nothing comparable to either the single 

 or double variety in regard to its flowers. Those of 

 the last named are not equalled by the double Bank- 

 sian Rose, except in fragrance. They are of a lovely 

 soft yellow colour, and have a pretty effect in bouquets. 

 The foliage is of a fine, elongated, serrated, and un- 

 dulated form. 



It may be propagated by cuttings, by a division of 

 the stool, and by layers. Cuttings maj r be struck from 

 the side-shoots during the summer, inserted in pots of 

 fine peat and maiden loam. 



The Solantj.m. 



Solanum J asmiro folium is a shrubby climber, bearing 

 fine foliage and large clusters of pale blue flowers, 

 which are very showy and pretty. It is a strong 

 grower, and mil cover a good space of wall in two 

 years from a moderate-sized plant. It is propagated 

 by cuttings, and strikes freelj'. Cuttings 4 or 6 inches 

 long, taken from the season's growth in the autumn, 

 and put into pots filled with maiden loam and dung, or 

 sound young wood 3 inches long, and inserted in pots 

 of fine peat, maiden loam, and dung, and set in a 

 gentle heat, will root freely. It forms a pretty pot 

 plant from small cuttings, as above, for a year or two, 

 flowering dwarf and freely for some tin??*- a.nd has a 

 good effect in the conservatory.' 



