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We have no doubt that every frond-bearing tree, such as 

 all the species of Pinus, ^Tbies, Zarix, Cedrus, &c, propa- 

 gated and treated in the above manner, will produce as hand- 

 some, durable, and large trees, as if raised from seed on the 

 spot, without transplanting, cutting off tap roots, &c. Not- 

 withstanding various opinions on this subject, which deserve the 

 highest respect, such as those of Mr. Knight in the Trans- 

 actions of the Royal Society, of Dr. Yule, Mr. Sang, and 

 others in the Caledonian Horticultural Society's Memoirs, 

 and of various writers in the Prussian Gardening Transac- 

 tions ; and notwithstanding the echo of these opinions by many 

 writers, and more especially of late by Mr. Cobbett, we are 

 convinced from analogy, as well as observation, that there can 

 be no natural or essential difference between a plant raised 

 from a bud or cutting, and one raised from a seed ; provided the 

 parents be alike healthy, the conditions of growth similar, 

 and the treatment proper. All trees are either such as do, 

 or do not stole. A tree of any species which stoles, however 

 originated, and however stunted in growth, if removed to a 

 well prepared and suitable soil, and proper climate, aspect, 

 and situation, planted there, and allowed to grow in any man- 

 ner for three or four years, will, if then cut down to the sur- 

 face, throw up shoots; any one of which selected and freed 

 from the remainder, will produce in all respects as large, 

 durable, and natural a tree, as if it had been raised on the 

 same spot from seed. The same in respect to trees which do 

 not stole, with this difference, that pegging down to the 

 ground, or better still, depressing the shoots below the level 

 of the collar, must be substituted for cutting down. We 

 could add reasoning and offer proofs, but we would rather 

 learn the opinion and experience of those of our readers 

 who join physiological to practical knowledge. — Cond. 



Art. XII. On the Culture of the Garden Hyacinth, Hyacin- 

 thus orientalis. By Mr. Alexander Campbell, Gardener 

 to the Comte de Vandes, at Bayswater. 



Sir, 

 The hyacinth is decidedly as fine an ornament to the gar- 

 den in the spring as the Chrysanthemum is to the green- 

 house in the autumn. The latter was as much neglected a few 

 years back as the former is at present, a circumstance much 

 to be regretted, as few of our spring flowering plants better 



