An Improvement in propagating the Camellia. 33 



Art. XII. On an Improvement in the Propagation of the 

 Double Camellia. By Mr. William Pike, Gardener to 

 W. J. Brereton, Esq. of Brinton, Norfolk. Communicated 

 by John Carr, Esq. of Holt. 



Sir, 



I have lately witnessed the result of an experi- 

 ment made this summer by Mr. William Pike, 

 on the propagation of double Camellias, which, 

 if new, and he has never heard of its being adopted 

 by any one else, appears to be well worthy the 

 attention of the cultivators of that beautiful plant. 

 The method he has adopted is this : instead of 

 approach-grafting in the usual manner, he first 

 detached shoots of the kinds to be propagated (five 

 different double sorts) from the plants on which 

 they grew, and then inarched them upon the 

 single plant, leaving a piece at the bottom of each 

 sufficiently long to thrust into a phial which he 

 kept constantly supplied with water. {Jig. 12.) 

 The whole of these plants have taken admir- 

 ably, and have many buds formed for flowering : 

 the ends also have formed knobs apparently to 

 emit roots. If you think this communication is 

 worthy of a place in your valuable Magazine, you 



are at liberty to insert it 

 Holt, Norfolk, Sept. 5th, 1826. 



I am, &c. 



John Carr. 



Art. XIII. On the Importance of ascertaining the simulta- 

 neous flowering of Trees and Shrubs. By W. T. 



This correspondent, whose communication want of room 

 compels us to abridge, states that he spent the spring of 1825 

 in Paris, and that he was much gratified in the gardens of 

 the neighbourhood, with the manner in which flowering shrubs 

 were grouped, so as to flower at the same time, and present 

 masses of colours, brilliant, and at the same time harmonious. 



The Pyrus spectabilis (jig. 13. a.) he recommends as de- 

 serving a place in every shrubbery ; the two species of Judas 

 tree, Cercis siliquastrum (b), and canadensis (c), he observed 

 grouped with Laburnum and purple lilac, producing a very 



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