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buds being nipped out as they appear, and shifted from 

 3-inch pots on successively till they are in 6 or 7-inch 

 pots ; but I think they look much prettier, and they 

 certainly possess many more flowers, if they are sown 

 in the middle of April or the beginning of May, and 

 are allowed to flower in 4-inch pots. 



Fill some seed-pans with a compost of two parts de- 

 cayed old leaf-mould and one part maiden loam, sifted 

 fine; then add enough silver sand to insure freedom, 

 put in a good drainage of sherds, and a layer of siftings 

 over them; then fill up with the fine compost, and 

 press it firmly into the pan. Make smooth on the sur- 

 face, and sow the seed evenly over it, but not too thick, 

 and sprinkle as much fine soil over the seed as will 

 cover it as thick as a new halfpenny, and set the pan 

 in a mild heat, shading it from the sun. Keep the 

 seed moderately moist, but not saturated with water, 

 and do not let the pan ever get quite dry. The seed 

 is slow in germinating ; it will not come up under four 

 or five weeks. 



The Primula is also propagated by cuttings of the 

 side-shoots at the base of the plant after flowering. 

 Take these off with a keen- edged knife, with a small 

 heel of the old wood, trim neatly, and insert them in 

 small pots, each singly, and give them a little water ; 

 then set them in a very mild heat, and in the shade. 



The Coronilla {Fabacece). 



The Coronillas do exceedingly well in the open air 

 as permanent shrubs in mild climates, such as the 

 West of England counties, at Torquay, &c, where 

 they flourish and flower abundantly, forming a pretty 

 moderate-sized shrub ; but in the northern counties 

 they require the protection of a greenhouse, where 

 they are a very free-flowering ornament, and too well 

 known to require further comment. Their propagation 

 consists in striking cuttings of the points of the shoots 

 2 or 3 inches long, at any time, without heat in 

 summer, and in a mild heat during the winter, in pots 



