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Art. XVI. On propagating Vcebnia Moutan by grafting on 

 Yccbnia officinalis. By Mr. James Nash, Flower-gar- 

 dener to Lady Farnborough, Bromley Hill, Kent. 



Sir, 



The method I practise for multiplying the Paeonia Moutan 

 is as follows : — In any time, from the beginning of Septem- 

 ber to the middle of March, I select some good tubers of 

 P. officinalis, or of any other hardy herbaceous kind, and 

 take off cuttings of P.joapaveracea, or of any of the tree kinds 

 which I wish to increase ; I then slit the tuber from the crown 

 downwards about two inches, form the scion like a wedge, in- 

 sert it into the slit of the tuber, and fit the barks on one side 

 as exactly as possible; then I bind them well together with 

 good bass, over which I put one turn of brass wire, to pre- 

 vent the parts from separating after the bass is decayed. I 

 put them into pots deep enough to allow the mould to cover 

 the top of the tuber, set them into a cold frame or pit, keep 

 them close, rather dry, and defended from the sun for the 

 first month, and from frost during winter. When they have 

 perfected one season's growth, I plant them out, or treat them 

 like established plants. I am, Sir, &c. 



Bromley Hill, Kent, Oct. 29. 1827. James Nash. 



Art. XVII. On the Disappointments incident to Purchasers 

 of Fruit Trees. By Superficial, of Brixton Villa, Brix- 

 ton, Surrey. 



Dear Sir, 

 Observing in your advertisement sheet to No. IX. the 

 prospectus of the Pomological Magazine, permit me, through 

 your medium, to make the Editors of that work a query : 

 What is the Margil apple ? Wanting a standard apple three 

 years ago, I applied to those truly honourable men, Chandler 

 and Buckingham, in the Wandsworth Road, and Mr. Chand- 

 ler recommended the Margil, which I purchased ; and wishing 

 for a description of the fruit, I turned to Mawe's Gardener's 

 Dictionary, and he describes it, among his second sort of 

 apples, as " middle-sized, ridged, and red-striped." I then 

 turned to Macdonald's Gardener's Dictionary, which says, 

 " an excellent apple, about the size of a Nonpareil, of a red 

 colour, with some yellow on one side ; often sold in the Lon- 

 don market for a Nonpareil." I then turned to Forsyth, who 



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