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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. [Pen ag 
re and certain ‘protection n from frost that Moss 
albina gt ideas have eri wider mng. and I feel con- 
e holes, that may be opened or shut as cireu 
y requi nire. i ca of this Pipe, Moe it contin 
ill be greater hat of o 
|tanks are in a chamber municating with cavities | 
| between the walis and soil, the extra cold will be m 
d bh 
nced that Pelargonium: 
but if, as remit the bottom-heat Te ipres | veying a corey ‘but if the fire heal ‘fal llow the 
bases of their hia 
M: oad — jig arly 
ERLE ORS SE! 
of the steam-pipe will rapidly decline e, althoug 
“oul i ep an ex 
-inch pipe be employed « along the front, and laid he 
ntally, fill 
ave a space | 
the steam ss along, the condensation of the latt 
and comer Ta of is ig FAR “which ill 
will in , 
u 
AnP and them constil 
inder it. 
Iti a „that whilst the aae supply of 
nd tha 5 for the Raat is 
tor woe ó cot be duly heated in com- | 
, 
ur gardens, instea 
winter quarters. By protect 
them with. sirai B lower parts of Parents and 
Sha ssiag Sya alone be preserved; but thes 
known, Sr allo of buds, | thais rests veing pem the 
P “being headed down, will shoot most vigor- 
ously, re na ond plants only ges Bit ang fier Po It 
is not, rag generally known mre any tender ever- 
ns will suffer but li wpa an fr e 
i ae Pho ots are well prote ad, 
may be applie bo a: ly, with the certainty of pleasio, 
rerulta.-‘Thos. Rive gly y of p g 
a. 
~ORCHIDAC 
II. Atmospheric Ai 
hi aceous-house will becom 
mpethe ey Tht ep t constant 
i 
e rank and unfit for the 
y closed ; the effect of 
aves, and few flowers 
ve giving ah om as it is 
gi 
tt t may be counterac 
ie the walks, walls, an 
he time when = is — 
ts from giving al the contrary, the plants 
ted greatly b it; Pie induced the eir 4 rena nie 
me of firmer texture, sho 
ing them to flower more free ely. I give air ae mee sun- 
house in which Dendrobiums, Aerides, Sac- 
g.—Some na gaes im 
it f th o that ther 
no “daring al time for paei ra a in large ol 
lections, seldom a veek peie but some will require a 
shift into man "i 
will ‘show pa not “ungrateful for the attention 
Peay aon te ns they will begin i in a very short 
time to put out new roots into their l, and 
the whole plan nt | will s eem endued with fresh vigour. The 
an 
e | each. 
with tanks for esi and mp 
me f g 
Seay variable, panes 
f heat is necessary for | t 
A het ‘with tanks for bitomes, a and another ja ard ae hoo “that will 
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even ifthe nre shou 
ones in a similar manne 
HOW TO STRIKE CUTTINGS.* 
EUMANN. 
I. General aiena —The Creator 
will ig that a should multiply themselves na i] 
seeds ; but F 
continue to be gradually 
uld fail. ae tank may be e 
R 
a moi ing as | eae 
y be ra ubtle: ee pine) perfect 
iat; and Perhaps it might be found ultim ee ly 
It w nd owever, be 
to ag 
il 
dered as su ‘small co a 
In some Gots the accompanying zjin may be adopted 
with s a ready command of top 
a com pass, e ea aiats pong D u e 
th pennin of kra l fecu wos eae or props 
graft S, l r cutti is last 
is simple, and pro 
than any other oa iah the same carve 
have sukii 
tome. A cutting, properl y speaking, i isa par off p 
which, being detached, is place ed in the g ound, wh 
under the influence o! 
» it 
ce an individual sim ila 
com 
ih but fer of them 
bu t fe wi , exceptions noe. str 
proportioned to the nature 
f; ragine IR ought capactely ma engage the atte 
Fig. 1. 
hausted hotbeds, 
t; 
greater p 
a year; ‘but the very large specimens, if tl they appea 
healthy and vigorous, sklik strong shoots or large 
pseudo-bulbs, are only 8 shi fted every other year, or in 
the ae 
is a very co 
r 
not nu s. The time of pott ing 
paf ient one mea siesensiale the specimens; and su ake 
Finally, ents of exotics, a 
ne infiue of a t which cmb 
conditions peat which "ths naturally lives 
root in ae houses fends n L purpose 
a ho thou 
o. II. 
eed "do not root crag Gell in all s 
0 1 7 whe 
are very large and unwieldy, as Gorgoras, Stan hopeas, nooo > 1 : 1 Pia which can scarcely be r ade ‘to suco 
some Maxillarias, &c., may ided t ile others succeed in it ve 
and ca arefal hand into three or four plants, reserving the a boy deep for striking pe: in 
nd so! 
large leaves and almost no ba kalin may be increased Roses, for 
by taking off ‘ae a sharp knife such leaves as may be arix elegans 
three years old or upwards. oa and Leelias may soil rich in saltpetre; but the Gingko and Poplars 
be increased Takin off o r more of the back last succ 
psendo-bulbs, which gener: yl in glass-houses 
the base. Air plants, such abiums, Aerides. th mixed wit 
and the like, may be increased by either cutting tia shoots d accordin 
into lengths, or waiting till side shoots roduced, Whatever composition we use, we — 
and have put forth roots of the i gine when th ey may be dry or too mois 
taken off and tied to logs. earth not being able to sustain itself i in 
and Epidendrum increase themselves A, by pro- nner around the cutti ing, the — ‘als or i s 
ducing hese, when in the 
a year old, may be taken a and potted as oon as they 
begin to grow, and will soon make good plan 
ANK SYSTEM OF HEATI 
Ir is well known that by mean: a flow and return 
k the degree of bottom-heat in pits can be very 
eadily maintained. Once the mass of soil or other 
terials composing the bed is heated to the required 
pitch, very little heat is ired to keep it up; and 
su hanges of external temperature do not greatly 
affect it. If the temperature outside be one night at 
55°, and the nex 
t at 25°, this difference of Ka will only 
. soil bo 
earth being too compact, it hinders the form 
roots; Nature makes vain efforts, and the cutting’ ui 
decays, and dies, in spite of its disposition to veg 
No: m. Cuttings in the om ia — pa 
trees, struck fro! 
in the open air, by the same "Process as thate e 
in the Colonies, if requisite care is taken. 
Colo there are n 
andom every day, ng ni : 
t of not tisturbing se root 
onl may be said, 
simple the 
the bed. But the case is very differ ‘ae ards t our Coloni is far fi ae 
ir of the pit; for under the above Coates it adr i esa pe 
certainly bed me cted to a much greater extent— perhaps | — shige ata x eiae pag 
as mu ers i 
climate. re, in order to 
Pre fe the temperature of the bed is exactly | shoots and branches in full vegetation. In the © 
what it ought to be, emi nnp to counteract the cold- the gardener always chooses 
ness of the air in the pit, sce night, will cause an | which has finished its growth. With us, on the 
excess of bottom-' must prove the plants whose cuttin; i 
highly injarigaa from me not root unless they are quite soft, 
tanks Wie. 1; jn EE sida E eek i to assume its natural onsite 
Set or KN having § or 10 sas Patar » | pus pe e a 2 —— they se 
iss g.2 on a sa es 
as ph oat = uld re Fig. 3. P view; the end 
pi fire; TO E which, mmors Zerpective view sho wit bal of the othe ee gros presi me > take a off, iy 
perature take e place a the In these, A is the boiler. BB, Tanks for bottom-heat. AIN t aa ot 8 
hi 
3 
x resinous plants, such as Vahea gummi 
the = = rbia, &c., whose cuttings, if eta in 
r. Neui is chief superintendent of t 
the Garden of Plante at Paris. We have occasionally y 
o his ee idoi kakovi * Notions sur Vart de faire les Ù 
and no’ ce its translation. 
me pape the flow tank is stopped bya ag g 4 
steam-pipe need not ghee more than 2 inches i 
dete It may be inclosed i nat 
