Box for the Propagation of Cape Heaths. 



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Art. III. Some Account of a Box for the Propagation of Cape 

 Heaths. By N. M. T. 



I have constructed a box for the propagation of heaths, that 

 perfectly answers the purpose ; and, as it contains a greater 

 number of cuttings in the same space, and occasions less trouble 

 than any other method I am acquainted with, perhaps you may 

 consider a description of it worth a place in your Magazine. 

 The box, inside, measures 9 in. deep ; the bottom part, to the depth 

 of 5 in., is filled with drainage, moss, and heath soil, well com- 

 pressed, and perfectly level, to support a frame of lath-work 

 1 in. deep, and divided into 120 divisions, each measuring 3 in. 

 by 2^ in. (Jig. 6.) On the top of each 6 



division, at a, is written the name of 

 the species that occupies the space be- 

 neath, (fig.l.) This frame is lowered, 

 until it rests upon the materials already 

 in the box; the compartments are then 

 filled with sand, which is pressed down 

 with a piece of wood made to fit them. 

 When the cuttings are inserted in the 

 sand, they stand 2 in. or 2 J in. from 

 the top of the box, which is covered with a glazed frame 

 formed of four squares of glass, supported by very slight copper 

 bars, as shown in Jig. 8., and fastened to the box by hinges 

 at the back, and fastenings at each corner in front; and, as a 

 piece of list is nailed round 7 



the top of the box, when 

 shut, it is nearly air-tight. 

 The smallness of the com- 

 partments gives it, at first 

 sight, rather a toy-like ap- 

 pearance, but each of them 

 will hold ten or more cuttings 

 of most sorts, with which the 

 most bungling operator may 

 continue any private collections 



adopt it, he can easily allow more space, or cover the whole 

 of a propagating shelf in the same manner. The 

 names being fixed will be found a great advantage, 

 as the ease with which tallies are displaced greatly 

 contributes to increase the mass of confusion in 

 which we find the names of too many collections. 

 In a box containing 120 species, many rapid- 

 forests," and " weighing down the branches with its odorous bloom," sound 

 much more like the chestnut, so plentiful in Virgil's country, and so very 

 remarkable for the overpowering scent of its blossom. 



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