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THE GA RDENERS CER ONICEE 
— 2, 
small portion of the old wood attached, or what is termed 
a heel, ort-jointed shoots 
selecting the 
which are those most likely to form 
some pots 
and ooh pony them, pacing ity the gent a small 
portion o pea’ r that a layer 
of loam about one inch thick, sling fe the remainder 
sand (the loam prevents the 
ture, 
Having placed the cuttings properly in the sand, 
and finally remove them by 
on 
t 
oderate oo tae See and p 
before); the cuttings will 
oop osha 
a<¢ ee! 
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7 
Cong, 
s 
; 
increased by 
nareig ; but it is at present little sisiaiaed, and 
HF 
ag th 
mrt Barbe are 
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: 
= 
5 
Hi 
hat the species int 
related pct possible ; for a 
which must be cut w 
time of poicbenent: the be ae is w 
are about half-grown, and 
short without tearing the bark 
July and August ; 
are ee to fit. 
when the young 
re brittle, that is, breaking off 
is in 
as 
true Pinus mt be worked on a Larch stoi they will 
The ey —. 
sun’s rays 
have a large “ere 
which oe he 
d Januar 
ver prow fa or 
ages. 
ently on ables oa onthe “of 
— 
— are young, fo 
os Peet mee they will grow vigorously and ra 
soon exhaust ed prepared soil, they pe 
stunted suit regent = prematurely. 
rer kinds, a single mat covering 
the yours shoots, especi ally 
Firs. In prun ox there is little to be done, except to cu 
away a all dead branches and to protect the leader.—G. 
Gordon. 
< FAMILIAR mite 3 —No. IV. 
s that pa plant whi 
of th 
t: 
e humble Fores of 
the Violet— the ond harbing rs of sprin y May i 
to multiply its race. Becau 
often | called the Winter-weed ; others name it the - vy- 
It is mean in its outward form, but to the botanist it is 
beautiful when curiously examined. Observe its thread- 
x thee 
on the plan of 
trees are very young there is 
their structure. Break the stem 
thread will 
, they are roundish. 
angular rms of re “ at in the m 
larger others 
exclusively i in caring for aaa own growth ; but as soon as 
he spring arrives each gives birth to a little flower in its 
pat and —* it till the tender parts change from 
a gr 
leaves suiaad u 
degr j 
This 
waapees' preceding 
plemented st peorned abate 
vo So ad must not be re- 
Pinks isa) ee cog he A oper gho thd wie eal 
ee or tender Kinds 
y m0 e 
ar whesd bales certain 
at w ase is a flat ovary with an interior too 
one] be easily examined, but”tn’ reality Oontaintiyy x paly OF pruning and 
the stand two stamens a with 
their blue anthers and white powdery eee nd between 
Sp. 
SS oe i 
small stigma terminating 4 sles slender style, 
stem of he Winter-weed ; a | 2*6U™ 
n | pockets ets, each of which is filled with young gree 
and all on manifold contents. 
Here it is that the e ring of Nature’s power is closed, to 
hort months, when the seeds thes 
e 
allotted time to sprout 
whi re 
it Be ; the Hom eo summ seers 
rnal. 
ut | is the Field Speedwell (Veronica agrestis anys wh hich chiefly 
differs from Ve before us in having leaves eae ovate, 
with three or four equal teeth on each side, a — 
lets of the an od, instead of heart-shape E. 
IS THEORY is goa et IS rit ta ie REPRESENTED 
TO B Is 
A FEw weeks seo anata wher 77918 1), made 
some excellent cheetratinnd upon the folly of a ae 
Sey? bre in opposition 
have e 
as ie 
ery wisely, and tells you he does not like. 
gardeners ; and a third, to whom ae app 
talking about something which has not succ 
ing to your wishes, gravely — you that rier is ee 
much ype is By ae a man professes 
theorist, no matter dietlies: at is or not—let him be tht 
sr dance’ in the profession, if you will—still all his 
ures are laid at the door of theor 
wro! 
want of theory which occasions all the misc 
the false theory, which every one knows is 
more than one * theoretical” gar- 
actice of some of our best 
keep oat the frost—* Oh, nd, you do wro! 
ot sored meena = — Cove ‘of Good aa 
to 93 degrees.” Now, thi 
amy F “They _— 2p as "nell have ies me to plant 
potatoes in a dark from 
re to 90 degrees ; that thi mise 
for 
Their theory 
them that Nature i is in all cases a sure gu 
excellent teacher; but we must examine her envi 
a expect vas 
t is caer ‘to Salone for mths Certainly 
in certain cases, and that if indiscriminately 
oo. Gibbs vere do so will find when 
aon as been, enough, too much ‘ 
ie operation? 
I Ta induced to spiny this oye theory » 
some plants of . horbia uiniflora, W “ 
wig ae of which oo instead “tof 
