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ion of buds ; and, despairing of success, he threw 
"i Pal plants some months ago. 
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THE GARDENERS 
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| close to the glass of a propagating: house, 
| them a Modat aed the other half without a 
and I have given age oton ea pa 
one half of | 
beli; glass. 
of Cheshunt, states that he has found | 
cuttings, hy that they have invariably refused to 
form buds. 
Another letter, signed «J. H.,” repeats the same 
complaint. The writer finds no difficulty i in per- 
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and the compost used in a coarse sta Place it ina 
ee gins ee vr what would be preferable a Flee: pit, 
and o t let it want for wate! 
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to i oak kadre yi page that could be | fi 
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iraani ji Ain com 
60° to 70° fo | ejf tss pursuing it diligently during summer, 
ouia have exchanged S urley pene: ORAR ET Ea main specimen may be produced in the first season ; 
ee tered ther are | and as it flowe ers late i in autumn, as Wi in summer, 
ater hould g plants may, without dif- 
in 
he year, 
ing them to form a stem. We quote his statement 
at length :— 
on aE! have tried, in 
* Amon ather an 
extensive 2 Aca of Monen; especially t the va various 
excited little attention up to the fa befo time, oe a 
‘ought to act upon them, gaia should ce house, of 
anticipa T A Bni sa “the I b t fi exhibition it is anguen analy one = 
but a pass ment; fo or, he most importe s whic : 
sae. only: Stob thie curious Seen 
URRE RANCE P 
BE AR. a 
kinds of Perpetua uals, Bourbons, Teas ih Synonymes.—Beurré de Ranz, Beurré rs Flandres, Beurré 
and their hybrids, and I ‘tn d both lea 1d leaf. Se ar eg shall be z- ag uel Bpine Hardenpont du Printemps, Josephine (of some), Ran 
lets, separated at any part of their stalk, to stri t the unwi ing oa an 3 zige Butterbirn ; 
root even more free pond than kaeattiogs, a cv | eens hts Ba _ vital force, A ee t ali re palea enia pete ae As ran ahy fo ee 
a Shirley. san ered Haee =, and i tir md: which to exercise their vital power finest Belgic varieties. n Mons, “ Culture des Arbres 
plu nged in moderate bottom- hea mi at somethi ing was, i Fruitiérs,”’ states th se ping is the best of 
14 a a cutting of the young wood, made in ie al tay, by see matter ; ; and = See Jogi oe er piii ae 
jr only be generated d by plants under the | eco ding to soil, situation, ae climate, its quality 
hole leaf, tth I varies exceedingly m a stan it is generally de- 
hog pain pot in from 18 to days, and soine- = sata to its hans In order to enable them licious ; whilst in e garden, altl gh produced of 
tim ould take e longer, | but the las would be more | to form such organisable matter with the utmost | larger size, yet the flavour is sometimes insipid when 
v oo wioeleave rapidity, an elevated temperature would proba aiy grown against an east or west aspect. When this is found 
taraia nh long, their leaflets generally dropping e Bie nd of important assistance. We to be the case, 
on any c i temperature, lad the roots decay- that we should not even lay bare he upper per | some trees on a south aspect, if possible, for there is no 
ing Aara ees ge the epee K le iced | surface of the callus formed at the base of the leaf- | any known Pear so handsome, rich, and lasting as this 
and single leaflets I hav able to e to the | cutti ings, keeping up a moist a ar ron fetch around fad variety when obtained in perfection. r 
open ground and keep aliy for a Maney rig by | For s in that callus that lie th 
with alf them during frost with a hand-glass; but | im g rrange them- 
with all the some y and care I could bestow I ne t 
induce them to form a single bud. tuts Of this ot east we are sure, that men like “J. H 
hybrid Perpetuals that pate = = pene C hrpe tis bearing in Shia these recommendations, will poi 
tached to the ion mall devise e some means of gaining their end. That the 
Sen f ormi gan euler ‘orm 
large as the point aa one’s fed ote but it never |a leaf-bud, eB e proper circumstances, is as 
gave any rakicaton of shooting, emaa a aee ets 
natural size. mmer 
of 1843, I e a strong shoot of the Toi. Seles 
; had ev cont that was fit inserted ins stocks, |b 
certain as that a ee -5 mus ie h if the bird will 
but 
ma upon it lon 
and after cutting of the spo fesk at the cetanly, but ‘tke of > ter & CURIOUS. 
summit, inserted as Santis the five leaflets taken | Ẹ q eae ch omen only be 
from each bud, 35 in the whole n experiment. | ke ept alive, here i l Ibud in the 
a s was isone with the following result: —The | long-ru: 
s nearly all took, and have made good heads ; me 
summit made lant, and flow Aa ed the follow. RONICA SPECIO 
ing spring 
New Zealand has hith ae been chiefly 
; Tax forest 
ring ; the ety na cores of the ie rooted, distinguished et. curious vain than attractive am 
but never made buds or plan nts. Itr Witness the numerous remark- | 
Cloth of on Noisett: anh 
and with res to buds, soft clas and lea aflets, 
met Se sy ae same success. I should have con- 
inue 
ntly commencing a libe ral treatment, I 
t 
Snia Veronica speciosa is a striki ing exception 
to this rlen and leads us to anticipate much more 
ARAE of the 
It is well kno 
t; bat it never would on a bud, and in three or 
1 dea th. 
ar 
and t 
ourable predicti attona” “rally e stabiinned 
RA greenhous 
Tig 1, Nhiind O.LL 
d to a nothin, ng more e to 
for bulbs, ae 
ould make | ° 
my mi 
ce plant, I na several leaves by la I 
peA mid ae ~ the leaf, Eana bo 
tatice arborea ik 
by 
plan 
ers 
wester nd the Channel Islands, i eventually 
| border a most important oit doe r plant, either in the 
border singly or in a bed a 
erase 
mass ; a at vents, 
sth eliahke s 
al tl the knife on es side Among other merits pertaining to this pla 
sloping upwards, about half through the leaf; thus hil ts easy propagation, so tha ise ea is likely to 
forming a tongue, which I bent down into a woe occur in keeping up a stock cf i iby | seed 8 freely, and 
pot full of light pte These were kept cuttings of the young wood s 
oderate heat, and uniform moisture, and in about | le pi gente heat Te i as, howe Sis poral 2 
the Bini acy i ‘and comes taken off, but h | increased, whicb, to the amateur especially, cig ny | 
“hiever if f his 4 b it doubly valuable. For, ke es of our choice 
er the pa S etter er may be, w plants, its successful culture is attended with the least 
s gpod sense and skilfal 
way of recording s, whi ch are full of | 
useful suggestions, Just n 
k oe doubtless flower duri ing the great er ] port ion of the 
medium | size ; for spec cimens hav ve 
Brownish 
Green, 
somewhat rough, with 
dark brown russet. 
The accompanying outline represents a fruit of o 
been eee s ing 
to sudden 
fal aa Mh 
ce 
foisibid difficulty ; and unlike these also it is not subject | eTe 
dea ths 
t 
t to tt 1 } 7 
some leaf- oa, after h aving made roots rated. Flowers rather early, large; 
oa or for some time—to | New Hallasa ering for it may be pba grown vein coral, imbricated. It has Aperen sprung: 
-Clianthus puniceus be-| without the use of peat soil. Rough turfy loam, with | Seed of the Winter Bon Chrétien. 
the last ; but | 2 little sand, and an admixture of one-third leaf- uld, 
z t bott well intermingled, will suit it admirably. is one of RTS SE SES. 
s 3 during | those ee f plant which ot so very particular} Tars being the time for purchasing Ran 
y t all at about | the mpo st, oe the potting is well done, | I have te ~ a of sending oe a list ot twenty ol 
ie anh suc veros h suitable, It should be | y sorts in cultivation, Those 
T rg” |P properly saad > to with water during the growing | are, a at Ri a what such 
‘S | season. — It is nae one of those free-growing plants | phemus, trong’s King, or Rose Brilliant r 
| which Ly ar mma 7” a large Laie be a E Tulips. Having for many years grown al 
í again, when sufficiently | best sorts dently. 5 
intoa No. 8 Let the pot be well draine: d a ii i te tt S a 
