HAM 



HAR 



stripes. Sometimes the green and 

 black most prevail, so that the yellow 

 seems to constitute the bands. They 

 are found whilst young, thirty or forty 

 together, on the leaves of the filbert 

 during August and September, but also 

 on the leaves of the elm, oak, &c. The 

 chrysalis is found in the earth ; it has 

 two small points at its tail. 



HAMMERS for gardening purposes are 

 made with a clawed head, for drawing 

 as well as driving in nails. They are 

 made of five different sizes, No. 5 

 being the largest. Those are best with 

 a stud in the centre of the head, as 

 this acts as a fulcrum in drawing nails, 

 and prevents bruising any branch be- 

 neath the hammer during the opera- 

 tion. 



HANBUEY. See Ambnry. 



HAND-BARROW is best made of this 

 form : 



The cage below is useful for carrying 

 leaves and other litter ; and when the 

 close moveable cover is on, it serves as 

 a conveyance for plants in large pots 

 or tubs, which, when in flower or bear- 

 ing fruit, might be 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 move- 

 able tops as here represented, but the 

 only advantage it affords, is that 



I several of the loAver portions may be 



[ placed upon each other to protect any 



j tall growing shrub in severe weather, 



otherwise they are more troublesome 



to move, and more liable to breakage 



than if made entire. 



HAND PLANT. Cheirostc'mon. 

 HAND-WEEDING might be banished 

 almost from the garden, if in the 

 kitchen department all crops were in- 

 serted in drills. This is most desirable ; 

 for the stirring of the surface con- 

 sequent to hoeing, is much more bene- 

 ficial to the crops, and cannot be re- 

 peated too frequently. 



HANGING is when a plant is so badly 

 inserted by the dibble, that the lower 

 part of the roots are in an unfilled hole, 

 while the earth is pressed round their 

 collar, so as to keep them suspended 

 upright in their place. 



HARDENBE'RGIA. (Named after the 

 Countess of Hardcnberg, in Germany, 

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

 guminous plants [Fabacesc], Linn., 17- 

 Diadclphia k-Decandria. Allied to Ken- 

 uedya. ) 



Greenhouse evergreen climbers from Aus- 

 tralia, with purple flowers, except where other- 

 wise 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. Purple, 

 lilac. March. 1803. 



rnrda'ta (heart- leaved}. April. 1820. 



digita'ta (finger-leaved). 10. April. 183p. 



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



April. 1835. 



monophy'lla (one-leaved). 10. April. 1/90. 

 longiracemo'sa (long-racemed). 



10. April. 1828. 



ova'ta (egg-leaved}. 6. April. 1820. 



HAKDENING-OFF. By this term gar- 

 deners intend the gradual preparation 

 of plants to endure exposure to a colder 

 and more airy situation. Thus, before 

 bedding-out geraniums, or ridging-out 

 cucumbers, 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 

 widor, and for a greater length of time, 

 not only by day, but by night, until they 

 become inured to so low a temperature, 



