Mode ofjiawering Tropical Plants. 



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SCOTCH PINE, 



Three of the five Scotch pines measure respectively 324 ft., 

 200 ft,, and 210 ft., viz.; — 



8 9 



100 



10 



10 



120 



324 





7 9 



85 



10 



5 



100 



200 





7 6 



90 



10 



5 



105 



210 





I may add the following description of an ash tree standing 

 near the garden door, the estimated measurement of which is 

 920 ft., viz. : — 





Girth. 



Length. 



Feet. • 



The bole 



_ 



20 ft. 9 in. 



7 ft. 



187 



First limb 



- 



6 



50 



112 



Second limb 



- 



6 



77 



173 



Tliird limb 



_ 



5 



55 



105 



Fourth limb 



- 



6 



55 



97 



Fifth limb 



- 



3 2 



40 



66 



Sixth limb 



- 



4 11 



40 



60 



The smaller limbs 



and tops computed to m 



easure 



120 



Tota 



1 feet 



920 



Castle Hoiioard, Nov. 7- 1834. 



Art. IX. Notice of a successful Mode of bringing Tropical Plants 

 into a Floxoering State. By E. B. 



Having been frequently disappointed by the length of time 

 necessary to bring plants raised from tropical seeds into a flower- 

 ing state, particularly tree-like shrubs and shrubby climbers, I 

 was induced to try ringing and various others of the usual ex- 

 pedients for accelerating flowering, with very little success. At 

 length I adopted the following treatment, which terminated so 

 successfully, in most instances, that some of the plants on which 

 I tried it have never been flowered by any other individual 

 within my knowledge. 



Some climbers and free-growing tree-like shrubs were selected 

 for experiment, which, after having been grown in the stove for 

 years, showed no symptoms of producing blossoms. The 

 climbers were planted in boxes in the front of the pit under the 

 rafters, for training ; and the shrubs were shifted into large-sized 

 pots. Every plant was reduced to a single stem by cutting off 

 clean all side branches, thus forcing all the nourishment from 

 the roots into one channel. They soon began to grow vigor- 

 ously ; and all lateral buds were rubbed off as soon as they 



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