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the graft and stock, and accelerate the growth, 

 which, under such management, is astonishin2;]y 

 rapid. By this means a quantity of beautiful 

 young orange trees may be soon obtained. But 

 a still more expeditious method than this is de- 

 scribed by an intelligent writer in the Gardener's 

 Magazine, vol. iii. p. 272. He states, from actual 

 practice, that cuttings of the Madras citron, put 

 into pots in January, will strike and be fit to 

 receive a graft in the following April ; and if a 

 graft be chosen which shows flower-buds, these 

 will be fully blown in six months from the time 

 of putting in the cutting ! One thing respecting 

 the cuttings, noticed by this same writer, which 

 has often before been regarded by former culti- 

 vators, — is, to put the bottoms or lower end of 

 the cuttings in contact with the sides of the pot, 

 or down so as to bear on the shards in the bottom 

 of it. This position, it seems, hastens the pro- 

 duction of roots, there being additional excitement 

 from the extra heat retained by the solid sub- 

 stances of the pot and shards. 



From these facts, it appears that the citrus 



