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chine, instead of the common scythe, greater proportions of tlie hard and 

 fine leaved Fescues may be sown. — [Id., 1850, p. 283.) 



The Stanwick Nectarine. — In November, 1848, I had some young 

 peaches potted, which had been raised from seed the preceding summer ; 

 intending to try an experiment in grafting peaches, (it may be mentioned 

 that they are invariably budded,) the Stanwick nectarine happened to run 

 to mind, and I thought my peach stocks might possibly be turned to good 

 account, by grafting the shoots of tliat rather than of peaches. I tlierefore 

 wrote to the gardener at Stanwick, to send me the prunings of tlie tree in 

 lieu of, as usual, consigning them to the rubbish heap. The shoots were 

 received in December, and immediately grafted on my peach stocks in pots ; 

 nearly 200 were, I think, grafted, placed in a cool house, secure from frost, 

 and towards tlie end of January removed to gentle bottom heat, over a tank ; 

 they seemed at one time as if every graft would grow. But, after making a 

 shoot nearly an inch in lengtli, they gradually died off", so tliat in the end 

 only 25 were left. Twenty-four of these were sold on Wednesday last, and 

 realized such prices as were never yet heard of for small trees of a nectar- 

 ine. What a solid benefit has thus resulted from a few apparently worthless 

 shoots, and what a lesson to us gardeners never to despair, but to " fay and 

 trust."— (Gari. Chron., 1850, p. 310.) 



Culture of the Chrysanthemum. — It has been acknowledged by all 

 who have witnessed the chrysanthemum exhibition of the Norfolk and Nor- 

 wich Horticultural Society, that in no county in England is this beautiful 

 autumnal flower exhibited in a higher state of perfection than in Norfolk, 

 and having received numerous letters of inquiry respecting the mode of cul- 

 tivation pursued, we have taken advantage of your columns in giving pub- 

 licity to the same. We do not wish it to be understood that every exhibitor 

 pursues this precise method of treatment, but it is such as we ourselves 

 adopt, and we venture to say, that if carried out, it will ensure dwarf plants 

 from 1^ to 2 feet high, covered with rich dark-green foliage, and carrying 

 blooms from 5 to 7 inches in diameter. In tlie last week in May we select 

 the tops of the strongest shoots for cuttings, putting four or five round the 

 edge of a 3-inch pot, and placing them in a gentle warmth ; when rooted 

 they are potted singly in the same»sized pot, and kept in a close frame for a 

 few days, until they have become established ; the tops may then be pinched 

 out, leaving five or six joints to remain for lateral shoots ; after a few days' 

 hardening ofi", they are tlien removed to an open situation, allowing the 

 plants a sufficient distance from each other to prevent their drawing, care 

 being observed tliat they do not suffer ftorn want of water. About the third 

 week in July we shift, for blooming, into 7-inch pots, using a small handful 

 of coarsely broken bones at the bottom. The soil we use consists of equal 

 parts of well-decayed (one year old) pig manure, turfy loam, and leaf moulds 

 adding half a barrowful of peat and half ditto of road drift to every four bar- 

 rows of the above. When potted, they are placed in rows, 2 feet apart, and 

 they require but little attention, except watering, for two months ; at the ex- 

 piration of this period, we commence watering twice a week, with liquid 

 manure, made with one bushel of fresh pig manure, (free from straw) to 



