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An account of several experiments by various individuals 

 is added, but they have all proved successful in establishing the 

 value of guano. One thing we think with Mr. Colman, is 

 correct, viz. : that however valuable an artificial guano may 

 be as a manure, it cannot compare with the substance itself; 

 and as long as the genuine unadulterated article can be had 

 at a reasonable rate, no one should purchase the artificial 

 compounds got up by individuals whose sole object is the ac- 

 quisition of gain. 



The future numbers will, we trust, be of a more prac- 

 tical nature than those already issued, and possess more in- 

 terest to the agriculturalist. As an exposition of the state of 

 the science in Great Britain, the work is valuable to every 

 well wisher of rural improvement. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General Notices. 



Propagating Roses. — The following is a method that I have practised 

 with success in propagating different kinds of Roses. At the autumn 

 pruning, I collect shoots that are well ripened of the various sorts that I wish 

 to increase, and of these I select the middle part, rejecting both the base 

 and termination, the former of which is in general too hard, while the latter 

 is not sufficiently matured for the purpose. I then cut the parts selected into 

 about 8-inch lengths, and prepare them in the same manner as Gooseberry 

 cuttings, by divesting them of all their eyes except the three uppermost ; 

 they are then cut through at the base of the lowest eye ; after which they 

 are planted in rows, 4 inches apart, and about 2 inches between each cutting 

 in the rows, on a warm south border. If the soil is naturally light it receives 

 no other preparation than what is absolutely necessary for the reception 

 of the cuttings ; they are planted about half their length in the ground. 

 After planting, I cover the ground with old tan, up to the lowest eye of the 

 cutting, and at the approach of frost I stick small branches of Furze thickly 

 into the bed, which I find quite a sufficient protection, and at the same time 

 they admit sufficient light during the dormant state of the cutting ; the 

 Furze is removed when danger from sharp frost is to be no longer dreaded ; 

 and early in spring most of their buds will break strongly, according to the 

 kinds. By the following autumn they will have made strong shoots, and 

 will be well rooted, at which time they will be fit for removal to any situa- 

 tion which they may be permanently required to fill. In the manner des- 

 cribed above I have succeeded in striking Gallicas, Albas, Bourbons, Noi- 



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