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33—1850. THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 519 
Scholefield. Light Red : Ist, Seedling, 70, Mr. Dodwell consider the numerous casualties by wh tte we frequently find accumulated at 
in 1 er. Rear; mon o, men, Aliren Me, ee ‘de ; | affected, and our imperfect — of poer les that | the base of ve — cuttings, 3 this, as in the case 
Light Parple: 1st, — = Mr. Barringer; 2d, Leader, og govern ‘the my rious organisation of ve ble life. | of bulbs, it is evident that th are not formed ex- 
3d, Juliet, Mr. Turner; _ — r. Dodwell. Heavy Rose: This diversity of succe — — arise from the | clusively from tored-up sap. Further, —to show 
— Green's „Queen, Mr. 2d, do., — Dodwell; 3d, nt notions which different persons have — — the futility of the opinion, that the emission of roots is 
enus, Mr. Turner; 4th, T Victoria Regina, 0. Light Rose: — Chim d fi — to d A laborated 1 
in Mrs. — Mr. Dodwell; 2d, do., do.; 3d, do., do. g5 and it may requen — n- | dependent — elabo: sap, let us look to the con- 
Tue Premier Prizes were awarded to Mr. burner, of the Royal — reliance which some persons u ditions under which a cutting with leaves, su 
eer — for ae . Carnations, six | certain p , — in reality, no relation | to management, — is usually placed. We 
also displaying the highe st skill in i cultivation, "combined with to the demonstrable theorem upon which the subject in | find it closely covered with U d 
e rarest “qua „ First-class awarded question res ryone acquain e from light, and “pron of giving the benefit of a little 
ir. Turn r for Pux Barringer 1 Lind, 0. Boi > decidedly the — — propagation is aware t under itions, fresh air occasionally, 1 moisten 
0 e — > . i 1 1 
3 W eutti will grow and ke shoots without forming the soil iş is 3 — A — — the latter will 
Thony rod — 8 rood, — Robinson's ir margived rootlets ; while under others, the same cuttings ot be removed for Wer together. The gre roots 
with bright red, and extra fine in the white Or grow our; | produce rootlets without N 8 hos mage e being — under these conditions is a eonvineing 
— 4 — odwell, for Alfre ype — a vari ot — tion of its external buds. p that it is not through the of * as 
An immense number o produced, Those pe. circumstances, the leaves of some kings of — vill will be seen from the p e f is from 
cially calling for notice we race Darling, Countess | turn yellow and decay, w while under others, the sam e continued assimilation of the — vb titu- 
— e — a, and Hollyoake’s Duke of Rutland (ex of cuttings will rem n and healthy for ents of plants, that new products Ye result for the formation 
2 — of first-class quality, and such a together, on, without forming roots. The | of woody fibre, and all solid matter of a similar com- 
will n in every — stand. Harrison's ? ls * 
Pionie, ‘= shown, was tho Small. t make a » first-class flower ; effet preduced upon subject is precisely the same . This ‘assimil ting process is — — carried 
high cultivation y, however, — edy subj ced — — in occasionally in the y 
Garden Memoranda. 
— ites Y, HACKNEY 
eir lease 
not intending to renew it, Messrs. Loddi 
give up the 2 par 
e ve the bya 
To, ‘This house is 
a as 8} feet — * f is suppor 
at 5 feet from the tick. walls, and is 
e with E 
— 21 -inch sash 
rafters. It 
is glazed with 
e end, and two similar openings in the brick- 
work i in the o other end. "This i is n by Messrs. 
wever, hav 
th a 
ease having nearly expired, and thei an 
will havi 
it, ges 
t of the gona now berupied by — 
ts of the glass 
n found not to succeed without yor ing, even under 
laL 
whic 
rootlets ; and t 
n | th 
essful or otherwi 
therefore 
e attributed. It is 
pagation is 
age ok the mere consequence >of t 
ire POS 
condition will permit, and bell g 
b 
an irach i light 
heir use is only —— a 
ientific researc! 
= 
Ter — © 
are necessary to ensure success in thi 
important branch of horticulture. Conflicting —— 
have been ginu kae the influence of leaves in enabling 
the cuttin — emit 18 i ~. very successful pro- 
aintain 
3 and in 
particular cases this is paniy true. It is no less true, 
however, that -E —.— rely divested of leaves, will i 
also produce too, u 
so produce mae 
ditions seemingly iat fav ourab 
case. These —— involve a highly important 
e physiology, 
some of those — ich chan — 
d — in the —— of plants. 
? | pagators e leaves left aon a 
„eutting the more ap will tool be emit 
ular 
1Alled 
e various co 
che w aye — ts which they absorb, undergo 
within their vessels. But the process by com the 
lar tissue, 
a 
question in vegétable nd one that has not, | whi i h the 
so far as I am aware, received that amount of attention stored- up sap, and undergoing a change in the in 
which it deserves. Something like the following ar of the si shoot, analogous 8 to that carried on 
ment has been adduced by various propagators, in favou g from the external 
of their system of retaining the leaves, even to the base appearan „ some such 
of the cutting, when pra racticable that there i is no sus- —— deren likely, as it is a mass 
pension of vital energy, of imperfectly organised woody fibre. it extends, it 
their proper functions, and thüs prepare, takes t rms the ＋ of a 
time it is most requi 
— perfo: 
| and graduaily becomes ears into true 
of mu iam as wy’ ‘eating increases in growth. It is 
m the above that pis — of the 
= . s be regulated by | not to 
d in in the centre of the house, and e i e eir ce from ~ the 51 ht ys noo from euttings; 
pes elves round the sides. Among them w. fine | of the cutting ; the i matter for the production | in the majorit be positively injurious ; 
purchased at o ne 0 being secreted rapidly rwise, according but I think it — clear, 5 the leaves perform 
Stevens ' 15 throw up flower-stems. | to the quantity and quality of the leaves left. From no active in the firs tion of roots ; conse- 
ium Lancean its large flowered variety this 1 er that th tter of which the | quently they ought not to — — into growth, but 
in bl in thi as were also the sweet | roo formed, is the result d dependent upon | placed in the | average temperature consistent 
smelling Aerides quinquevulnera, th ger variety of the assimilating powers of ari ves. He cording — the nature of the plant, while the soil in which 
Dendrobium longicornu, a id some other Dendrobes. to thi of reasoning, we can arrive at no other con- they are inserted should approach the highest range of 
In the other houses few things were in flower, except | clusions than the sete S The more leaves left upon —.— ure the roots will endure ; to stimulate into 
oh blossom the beautiful Dendrobium chrysanthum, | 4 eutting, the sooner will it root, and when leaves and | activity the processes carried on in the vessels beneath 
Man D. y pape regularly twice a year; the pretty other means of 9 are absent (as is frequently the surface of the soil. the more completely the 
e um, Sobralia sessilis, and some Sacco- | the wil at tol iw, | upward growth of the cutting is re til rootl 
e wered Hea 
Ol. 48.; aplendens, 22. 8s. 3 ; Massoni, Bl, 36.3 Parmentieri 
rosea, 21. 12s. 3 ferruginea, Ob 2s.3 and m 
Mier ai ranged between ah 2 475 per A 
h the eg 
supply of d Itis said th 
into a bucket, th the bucket — kept constantly full, and 
— * about 6 feet from the deck, it will s supply 
j off the greatest purity for a ship ` company o 
n | roots, 
nd | heal 
cita z by keeping the roo 
2 = A vigorous action of root, previous | tory 
d b 
There 
hat if — 
case 
however, that both these inferences 
eous, an } 
| more especially with regard to the bia ‘hon the fact 
bundance without the aid | 
0 
were produced by any sa na elaborating process. 
Although we allow that ‘the young bark of some plants 
es, under certain conditions, perform the same func- | 
S as e 
the subject in question 
the above argument as ‘giving a satisfactory explanation 
i or 
single leaf ; and every ener 
ffects resulti * * 
ranches ; and this is often 
300 men whole ae with a glass, preventing comm catio 
Fran tion 4 8 by Cuitings. —This is one of with the * in order to avoid e à 
l, ay manipulati in gardening which 2 requite” e ebend ay p ausible enough, bu 
than an 3 of skill in its execution, and | we insert a decidua cutting into moist earth, we 2 
rom the ly ed success of different indi- And, in the * a few ec a mass of newly 
viduals, one would suppose that something more than formed tissue Í the lower end. Has this been pro- 
oP t sure com d un- | duced solely hel the stored-up sap? All the sap that 
varying success. This fact i a when we | existed in the eutting could not have formed such a 
reg 
cety and precision. The more — npa a cutting, 
or 9 softer its texture, the more care is „as 
it i more liable to pe noi either pe excess or 
deficiency of any one of these agents. For instance—if 
e 
oo 
cause an i i 
tion of stem and lea Or, if under the influence of 
an arid atmosph „ the will quickly act upon 
the moist leaves, e sap, and der them 
flaccid. The same result will follow if light be admitted 
in excess, as it will paralyse the energies of the cutting 
by a too rapid decomposition of carbonic acid. Again, 
if the soil be kept too dry, there will be no accumula- 
ion of matter at the base of the eutting, the dry soil 
p the other hand, if 
— of the cutting wi 
nce commences, 0 soon communica’ qu 
whole. In this, as in many other rag aral ope= 
rations, no definite rule can be prescribed, t 
applicable in every case. Henee, the —— — 
t i 
a su distance from the glass, 
| them into a large pot 1 ralh —— wich soi Anum 
n jatmosphere is easily maintain 
al 
evaporation 
* Diastas 1 
he Willow contains a 
arc 
emission of roots? And 
facility with which cuttings er 3 4 the amount of stareh 
contained in their structure ? 
