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FOKCING. 



On this point our experience is very limited, having 

 been confined to small experiments during the past 

 winter : we therefore give the best information we 

 have been able to obtain, from the highest English 

 authorities. 



In the London Gardener's Chronicle, edited in the 

 Horticultural Department by Professor Lindley, we 

 find the following directions from that most eminent 

 horticulturist, Mr. Paxton : 



" Select for this purpose, in the middle of August, 

 a sufficient number of the best runners from approved 

 kinds to have choice from, and plant them six inches 

 apart, in beds, upon a strong border in a dry and shel- 

 tered situation. As soon as the leaves have withered, 

 mulch them lightly with well-rotted manure, and if 

 very severe weather occur, protect them for the time 

 with fern or litter. They must be kept the following 

 spring free from weeds and runners, removing also 

 any flowers as they appear. Towards the latter .end 

 of May or beginning of June, whenever dull or rainy 

 weather may occur, remove them carefully into forty- 

 eight-sized pots. It is optional with the grower, 

 whether one, two, or three plants are put in one pot, 



