THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



ing on a splendid bouquet formed of a dark 

 nd a Canariense twined together in 

 vase. When first gathered, it was apprehended th 

 the apparently fragile flowers and leaves would sc< 

 droop and die; but after 10 days the full 



med. This paper is v '" 



principally to make the readers of the Chronicle 



of this fact. 1 .nd completely 



■m, and there- 



Bg some shoots covered with flower buds 



■ ft. very pretty bouquet for a 



long time. Pr agement, these 



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Cut flowers require to be carefully ■,.■■ 

 secure the longest duration of their blooms. The 

 very day, and the cut ends 



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ON THE CAUSES OF FERTILITY IN 

 FLOWERING PLANTS, &c. 

 a correspondent has stated (page G 

 remarkably fine rium) met with 



on the Rhine, were all trained to mop-like heads (I 

 presume on sir there be "any 



advantage to their growth in being bo abominably 



Ives very inte- 

 ng and important questio 



lams, as ut me oesi means ot inducing f 

 hose natural growth is otherwise unfai 

 > offer the following general remarks, but pi 

 hich I may observe that the method refei 



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which' is.::-- 



pursued by very unequal means, is opposed to the de- 

 Though many plants are beautifully designed for pre- 

 serving their vital functions under 

 conditions in their various stages of 

 ture, and their highest capabilities of growth uuder 

 forms of beauty can be brought out. The most obvious 

 distinction between ordinary and superior cultivation 



lar source, by obtaining a more vigorous a 

 velopment; for a small branch, ii 



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to sunlight, &c, becomes a fertile branch of bi00 ° , The 

 not solely, as in the former case, a solitary nower. 

 latter effect is the result of obtaining what is F 

 sionally called « fruit spurs," which are f *" 

 branch.- r „^ in* an excessive amount of J«« 

 lated and perfectly elaborated sap. >t : >r.y_ 



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lateral side shoots) are capable of maturing "j^,, 

 or bloom spurs, either axillary from the . la * e py;. 

 as in Zichya (Keunedya), Epacris, Erica, ^^j. 

 wynia, Crowea, &c. &c, or from the ma ^^vnaD^- 



In the appliances of 





ortant fact appears in 



great measur 



verlooked, namely, tha 





ose conditions in whi 





rebut in accordance with a prima.} 



hich seeks the perpetual ion rathe | -tha 



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gulated artificial management. 



, theory and object of training the 

 either upon their own s l em3 J^ ft{llll 

 others of stronger habit, by g**"^ 



