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312 THE 
" of their positon: to interce wo-thtds of 
pt 
remitted d The minister pee 
o not 
may submit to t 
see how the Gover 
voy 
11 +1 
a ina currency depreciated 60 or 70 per cent. 
d., ment w given 
Co. pocke! ali, or “racial we can 
anc 
No. XIII. 
called ea with a ‘heel, is w 
| cal in 
GARDENERS’ CHRONIC 
Parlia- | 
us bsg : oe aay ie i a and | 
ot take e ivalen 
HOW TO ) STRIKE CUTTINGS. | 
BY NE 
—Cuttings with a Heel.—This method, 
se he ; it consists in 
_ of ps las duties was a great ext 
a great the greatest o 
any pats ses pag ee the most w 
seeing and perene ed statesman, 
Ita 
ite T F hare] 
orthy of a 
Let us take 
Toe 
1 for 
nea 
As gi 
owned: | tre wai 
LE. [May 10, 
t gms l 
cabs Bae s a single fact in defence of the 
a NT ae ag aie 
is rine t ste 
Im o n the due 
E tAn of this biitit eletet kille, more int 
kee nse agi etween life and d 
rs rel: 
+ 
* 
takinga ari 
la sven or r our eyes, of w. 
d, and one 
aa 
are burie 
the removal o. 
ly Pr amo 
do that, let Tes follow the 
uch more as 
pin vexatious ms eon 
will permit.. Let th 
minated; for 
enough to desire our or Ente to be admired or re- 
corded. 
e superfluous to state, that plants either suten 
too little water ; but it is 
at 
tings by Branches 
ens ei we calate 
plied by 
een SA 
gi oe avia augusta of 
eee 
he bottle trade e, and tk ey 
them deal otherwise, and 
t the whole of the middle 
Government 
honest example of th 
fairly by the public ; “let 
convinced tha 
landed Santon and the 
se ‘the attem: 
cuttin 
ar. more 
may = aerie an 
ots be- 
s sete once a piai upply, 
f the soil, in which 1 the ; 00 
When the s 
of the O at year a 
to rise. The month of Ma be s to me the best t for 
the climate of Paris. The Abies Deodara, suet 
p 
s 
(oS 
columns, against all unfair prac- 
n who. accidentally ho ld 
“of tu 
che benefit of the 
ibe 
3 for the © poi to de- | 
ey will permit If buye 
sists the severity of o 
|e EN by dink of its brai 
The in Atrain “with which the 
branch intended to ut into the 
earth i is cut o! ught to bes rae n 
i 
e branch cut into several portions, 
following the same p orms as m. 
ngs as there 
cut at zy Or 3y 
ase of petiole. 
Ha as the 
re we 
2 plani 
for apana poe 
Fig. 15. 
Cuttingot C ‘Columnea Clusia, 
do Buds are ake 
Linde: not cut off. 
eart 
B 
= 
axi 
selves in the air. 
still say, that such euttings never form fine trees 
d; 
yere 
ae e i ue to themselves, if they will only 
and; in defence of vist I 
say, I shall quote the examples 
“. | ball has parted wi — ar stvo portion of itsm 
eu: 
and Cunninghami, which, raised from cuttings, cannot ` 
top’ soil pincer ys appears perfectly wet, while the | ~ 
of the ball s dry as dust. This is a m 
one of c 
apl p 
to penetrate ab part o 
another supply is enas 
mois 
an agging, = intori 
e. a i 
wept 
iF 
ve fl io esh 3 
keeping up a vigorous Po healthy scion M } 
fina interchanges of air and water, but 
never allowing either of th 
dri 
it keeps th 
ns, ha 
eg be efore the ca 
Ta 
RE 
co n 
re freely, ike i its, Aee but Temaj ins in a 
sty t should for should? 
plant Peon subject t daily 
er for 
to fi 
ught for, in pr re e 
should think ‘that the psh Kind 
tha 
pan y for seal o hazard, wo ould b 
Abies lanceolata, ran are in the sam 
aoe however, i an indifferent pian whether | t° 
his ni fr Meko there are 
bs 
tail u 
ar 
bad 
uch a Maa 
some trees which, uisa lateral b 
teas, some ‘Species o of} 
aches are opera 
on, on Rik yek lateral at and erat form a hea 
ch es, Pro 
a tay 
ted | vege 
ps4 
in favour of fo men : ` most dealers Silt b have 
mer, the ordinary competi- 
trees ; but if 
Ig, we obtain a plant in 
A 
£ 42 
of these Stat, to gic a cuttin 
xotic for a man to see 
found it enough tog en 
of trade, and it 
Js am et against him- 
onder, 
tion 
„how te can 
same species, 
However _there are some species of trees whose 
are to the "ed u 
ever-anxious, and hence 
De gi we live in cny o 
edo ot know 
ved at a certain strength, a true 
t ‘It is ae hat 
ome ae or ee trade Sort hav 
xtinet ; Jes we will call that 
t. 3 it m ee 
ey 
has call bes 
long since pron 
something 10 percen 
ate Jong in showing itself, and will 
Jes same appearance 
m the head would ha ve 
shoot et arg 
one day form a plant having 
that which a € eutting g made 
rodu ced. Phys io ology i 
f a cutting is nothing more than 
cent., but we will c 
1 
all i 10. 002. wo 
poses te followi ing charges, 
Wink 
apg ss formerly i 
301. 
T bal: 
PRR 
earth, 
g 
óf f a multitude of small bladders 5 
BRE 
Arey 
or nipples, 
the 
} 
Hie 
; these bladders are easily 
sick aren profit, 
seen by the “naked e eye. 
When they are sufficiently collected to give birth to 
new being, the bud then developes itself, and the tree 
But at present | the, acconnt, enas thus: that 
fi 1] 832. 6s. Sd: viz 
D 
Gink igo biloba, and many 
hin} 
waicn Ior 
assumed profit, 
33. 
or one-third of ae at pi profit included. Tiis |f ® 
Piot ain to any one of commo: unde rstanding, that a 
others. 
Fig. 16 gives an idea of this . 
phenomenon ; d is a lateral 
k froma geia 
branch struc k 
is the callus, ¢ a branch 
os from an ger. 
bud and destined to beco 
facturer to ‘put into his own le: pocket that ought to be produee 
which the House of Commons intended exclusively | the cellular matter gi re, 
for the pockets sa eA If 1007. wa as a fair price callus and not upon the stem 
for ag ¥ of the cutting ; is la 
the honest ck aes same quantity now ought | ought to be cut the moment 
to be 3 s. 8d.; or in another form, a square of that the shoot which it has 
which Torna sold for is., will p rought to light is a little 
developed. 
yw roduce 
p same eo of profit, A now sold 
isi a Aa which it ll be found, 
Sieta e to 
ufac 
They cannot expect pa 
> should contented with payment | 
Home Corres pant T 
Anecdotes of Natural Hi istory.—I on oo a a fave 
ite female black cat, which was very fond of he : 
she had a family of young grimalkins a abou at fis 
os a “i provisions + # 
old shed, I 
oe years ago I was ad- 
ah a — branch 
pEi 16, Int: 
tried it, and n 
“yrs t arag A 
thoi ‘en ne 
seokling her mil ives poor ri abbi e pa jai D 
se I con that this was ee? a a f0 jot 
it it 
a satisfa Detty rasal nor have I ever been able to find |i mice, rats, birds, ry game, which the 
natural food, for it aid cat b 
