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plants of all kinds, the condition of the temperature from 

 this date to the middle of March being such that cut- 

 tings of every description are rooted with unerring cer- 

 tainty, if the simple conditions which we lay down in 

 Chapter on Propagation are followed. 



9th. At this date, we number fifty thousand of our 

 dtaple plant, Verbena. These we will multiply from ten 

 to fifteen fold, until the first week in May, which is as 

 late as the Verbena can be propagated, to make a plant 

 of sufficient strength. 30 26. 



10th. Potted off Carnation cuttings, which were put 

 in on November 8th, from plants grown under glass, 

 which have done very well. Repotted and cleaned up 

 Primroses. 27 28. 



llth. Put in green cuttings of Bouvardias, in bottom 

 heat at eighty; top heat seventy. This mode of propa- 

 gating the Bouvardia is not so good as by the root, but 

 it is necessary sometimes to do so when we wish to in- 

 crease new sorts rapidly. 27 28. 



12th. Put in cuttings of winter flowering Roses taken 

 from the plants that are flowering. 20 8. 



13th. Again painted pipes with the sulphur mixture to 

 counteract mildew; also put in fresh tobacco stems under 

 benches to keep down Aphis. See "Insects." 4 8. 



14^. The same. 14 12. 



16th. Began staking Roses to-day. If stakes are pro- 

 vided, the average work for each hand is five hundred 

 plants per day. Experienced hands should nearly double 

 that number. 16 24. 



llth. Put in cuttings of the new Fuchsias, Chrysan- 

 themums, etc., from the plants which were received from 

 England on November 22d. 22 28. 



18^. Repotted Lan tanas, Variegated Geraniums and 

 other plants, kept in hot-house range. 23 20. 

 . Potted off cuttings. 11 10. 



