HAN 



[414] 



HAR 



fruit, might lie too violently shaken in a 

 wheelbarrow. 



HAND-GLASS is a portable glass-case 

 used for sheltering cauliflowers and other 

 plants in winter, and during early spring 

 or to retain a regular supply of moisture 

 to cuttings, or until they are rooted. The 

 most durable and convenient are made 

 with cast-iron framing of this form: 



They are sometimes made with moveable 

 tops, as here represented ; but the only 

 advantage it affords is, that several of the 

 lower portions may be placed upon each 

 other to protect any tall-growing shrub in 

 severe weather, otherwise they are more 

 troublesome to move, and more liable to 

 breakage than if made entire. 



HAND PLANT. Cheiroste'mon. 



HAND-WEEDING might be banished al- 

 most from the garden, if in the kitchen 

 department all crops were inserted in 

 drills. This is most desirable ; for the 

 stirring of the surface consequent to hoe- 

 ing is much more beneficial to the crops, 

 and cannot be repeated too frequently. 



HANGING is when a plant is so badly 

 inserted by the dibble, that the lower 

 parts of the roots are in an unfilled hole, 

 while the earth is pressed round their 

 collar, so as to keep them suspended up- 

 right in their place. 



HARDENBE'RGIA. (Named after the 

 Countess of Harderiberg, in Germany, 

 sister to Baron Hugel. Nat. ord., Le- 

 guminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 17- 

 Diadelphia -Decandria. Allied to Ken- 

 nedya.) 



reenhouse evergreen climbers, from Australia, 

 with purple flowers, except where otherwise 

 mentioned. Cuttings of the young: side-shoots, 

 a little firm at their base, taken off in April, in 

 sand, under a bell-glass, and placed in a close 

 frame or pit without bottom-heat ; peat two parts, 

 loam one part, with sand and a little charcoal, to 

 keep the compost open. They like a little shade 

 in the middle of summer, and a temperature of 

 40 to 48 in winter. 



H. Comptonia'na (Compton's). 12. Parole, 

 lilac. March. 1803. 



cordafta (heart-teawed). April. 1820. 



digita'ta (finger-fcat>*). 10. April. 1839. 



H.macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 15. Scarlet. April. 

 1835. 



monophy'lla (one-leaved). 10. April. 1790. 



longiracemo'sti (long-racemed). 10, April. 1323. 



ova'ta (egg-leaned). 6. April. 1820. 



HARDENING-OFF. By this term gar- 

 deners intend the gradual preparation of 

 plants to endure exposure to a colder and 

 more airy situation. Thus, before bed- 

 ding-out geraniums, or ridging-out cu- 

 cumbers, in open beds, the plants that 

 have been nursed under glass are, by 

 degrees, exposed to more air and less 

 warmth, by opening the lights wider, and 

 for a greater length of time, not only by 

 day, but by night, until they become 

 inured to so low a temperature as to suf- 

 fer no check by being placed in the open 

 ground. 



HARDWI'CKIA. (Named after General 

 Hardwicke, of the East Indian Company. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. 

 Linn., 10-Decandria ~L-3fonogynia. Allied 

 to Cynometra.) 



Stove evergreen trees, with yellow flowers, from 

 the East Indies. Cuttings of ripe young shoots in 

 sandy soil, and in a brisk heat ; rich, sandy loam. 

 Summer temp., 6oto 85; winter, 50. 

 H. bina'ta (twin-leaved). 40. March. 1820. 

 pinna'ta (leafleted). 40. April. 1818. 



HARDY PLANTS are those which endure 

 uninjured our seasons without protection. 



HAREBELL. Campanula rotundifo'lia. 



HARES and BABBITS are deterred from 

 injuring trees and shrubs, by mixing 

 night-soil and clay in water, and daubing 

 it over the stems, with a brush, in No- 

 vember; and, if the winter proves very 

 wet, in February. The November dress- 

 ing is, however, generally sufficient. This 

 mixture has stopped their depredations 

 entirely, even when they had commenced 

 operations. 



HARE'S-EAR. Bupleu'rum. 



HARE'S-FOOT. Ochro'ma layo'pus. 



HARE'S-FERN. Dava'llia Canarie'nsis. 



HARICOT. See KIDNEY BEAN. 



HARO'NGA. (From ronya, the name in 

 Madagascar. Nat. ord., Tutsans [Hype- 

 ricaceaej. Linn., IS-Polyadelphia 2-Poly- 

 andria. Allied to Elodea.) 



Evergreen stove shrub. Cuttings of young 

 hoots getting a little firm, in sandy peat, under a 

 jell-glass, in heat ; sandy loam and peat. Summer 

 emp., 60 to 70; winter, 48 to 55. 

 5T. Madagascarie'nsis (Madagascar). 10. Yellow. 

 July. Madagascar. 1825. 



H ARPA'LIUM. ( From Harpalyce, daugh- 

 ;er of Lycurgus. Nat. ord., Composites 

 " Asteraceae] . Linn., 19-SyngenesiaB-Frus- 

 ranea. Allied to Helianthus.) 



