ERS’ CHRONICLE. [JUNE 7, | 
Having sueceeded with the leaves, of which I have | and they jtake from three to five years before -the 3 
jus eh I tried, in 1839, to | bloom, particularly the arborescent kinds; but wi 
mepa am — Ava Raa well say a, fe ag! general My ee every year 
d b tting 
whic 
of nutriment. the case, even should the 
blooms be well paag oe ay apt to come coarse 
and o ut of character r; and it is awi well-established fact, | 
‘0, with | kept in goo which is ez ured by ‘cu 
and in hy e proper Y ietsibution and iarmony ot their 1 
colours, and I have always found that roots developed S, Pe. is seen in | those that are orescent t t strong 
size produce the o best flowers. „Size can only take pa 1. ent evi-| branch), and by putting a little fresh sandy loa: 
ced points in the competing flowers dently proves S that e plants | the tems, and among the young sucke; 
may be reproduced oy cuttings | taking care, however, that none but the s 
of the midrib of their le aves. | suc ckers or side-branche: es are allo wed to remain ; stl 
he primitive bu 1 i 
are equa 
I 3 concn this article, I may observe that, when col- 
lections come under the cognizance of judges, it will be iti d, as 1] 1 
remarked, rises from the callus in spring, may be planted i in a nursery-bed, when 
Dabi for the Auricula ; and certainly, 1 unless Sox se above the root which first shows | in a ye wo they fwa 
m look- itself, and sou aoa of : tablished plants.+ The following are some ‘of the mos 
ing them over, , disquali fy all i impure cupped eta and inch from the b d tal sort 
ata ag I well recollect the time when such sorts as Tri- rib. dotted | Veet. ‘shown| Y ucca gloriosa is arborescent, growing from 3 to! 
ak mh e, Lisle, Duc de Bron! te, Due de Savo; oy, Gond in the upper n of the annexed | feet in height, with a flower-stem from 5 to 7 feet 
is leaf, was removed in order to | height, and a h i multitudes of large white bell 
put ‘the leaf i into a little pot, but | shaped flowers. Yucca superba is ony a variety hayir 
f the flow 
aliis, 
the country, now we are aie ancing. age the progres- 
state 0 d the “march of i 
mind ” appears to to be ‘exerting bead a influence on our — These cut leaves. 
collections, these showy so w only grown AS | Fie 21. Theophrasta lati- ee are made with the scales a (or nae ua) is also arborese: 
ngs of ~— plants ; such with” bag nints giie cous green leaves, and possi 
this did not prevent the success | a tinge of purple on the oniaido o flowers, 
REAS mig rather bri ghter gree es It is e most orn 
Rector A ge fa a, struck from cuttin hy 
rs in of a leaf. e planted either up- |a robust habit. A grons taller than the preceding, a 
right or flat, are aR w vi pie l- cae H an ine ch has a a flo w er-stem r 6feet in aA with numerot 
c wer ou; my to be than they | of earth, and are placed an atmosphe Ei: si ye ers, which 
had; fe it is 5 Yat ots tablis! = d fact that roundness of | too dry nor too moist : it is s this manner ‘that quan- mewn! lar ge rand hey It i ist gs hardiest a 
i was, by even octo- a of Japan Lilies are cutting the Liliae the leaves are not me 
es esteemed before those be sme shape. | are als so propa gated by eu tting the r leaves i in AA orj. Y. Draconis (or Feeurva, recu 
rue, they had not so many vari es from which i arborescent, pears > a height 
make their selection, but es re en, S obidni form out Toots, but od gire, a at their mutilated parts, | from m 4 to5 feet, and very much resembli g e: 
f the following year, are sepa- lata, but differing in the kares ina 
of br i d lik ulbs. | about the middle and rather broader ; it el 
which have pure cups, we Mone necessarily g% ecome arent in Mater Tha kind of propagation de- | numerous large white irae, ana p very handso 
more particular, and Cap ere hes find oor and | mands constant care and minute attention. Sindee aie when in bloom ; the leaves are not thready. 
wee cups consigned to ar of all the Capu- ripe wood, as in cuttings of atm es. s E: angustifolia. —A very distinct, small arboresce 
” and the florist is V deficient in taste, in- |roots commence se ah Ss which pi onian e | kind, growing 2 i lo 
who advocates alda oe r inferior flowers,— W. Bp the sides of the bottle in which the cutting is greyish-green leaves, and wer-stem 3 feet h 
ith iti flow The Y. stri 
“fea Ph 
p 
w : 
HOW TO STRIKE E CUTTINGS. where itis treated as if it had no roots, until we see a A a T 
that they E have reached the tig of the pot. Liat a -| Y. filamentosa, is herbaceous or stemless, wi 
XIV. single e leaf cut near the | ting is then sufficiently strong to be gradually flower-stalk about 3 feet in height ; it has large w 
stem and rack is frie , in some plants, to produce | tomed to the atmosphere flowers, an rb y leaves. is a ft 
new individuals. The eym intended for this operation i I flowerer, and generally blooms the second or third ye 
ought no i ve after planting. There is a variety of this very be 
many variegated ; and another, having fine bro 
one to 
"Y. glau cescens (or glauca), a 
i pes e imagine; the | by any other FRYE n ek 
effect which takes place is similar k that produced | consequence of the diffi- stemless division, with long, lode are co 
tti are k from the branch of Abiga culties which this pro- leaves, and a flower-stallk 3 feet in height ai 
(see fig. 16). It is upon the cluster ot small bulblets | ceeding offers, I do not flowers are ratier large, a > a greenish whitey 
which form on certain parts of ho leaf, that the x" advise the practice of it, not very numerous. It his ran y distinct ; "the lea 
aig itself, 4 except for Pine-apples, not thready. Peaks e Gor 
sean at what when it is rather an 
Teac Correspondence. 
thi 
place t the leaf amusement than a truly a 
without ye "the plant ; useful thing. A sucker, Chiswick Sh 
SA rag Skee pane Daa pe the : wi Ske petite: ly wi to find in letter A, the new varieties 
a ee Pesanan which have appeared in ady 
fas, ig. 18, ee ihe Sale dried, and put into a de- columns, and I hope the Judges will bear in mind 
Be cons: equently more re shoots Sars r bottle-full of the gold medal has been offered 1 
5 ing up. ere water, and placed upon = t =~ | the exhibition of mete of the highest class 
R ulir z ra A or Bai ibd ae oat d 5 = frustrating the objec view entirely, if this p 
ings shoul aken about £ » exposed Fie. 92, A Pine-apple struck | overlooked. Not pa Ta GE ill-grown specimens, | 3 
the middle of a branch ; the to light, will grow and in water if all new, and of first- roperties, should 
result is more certain than i produce a small fruit, which will have as ‘much fra Tag- ],—tk ae not; ue 
we chose the k wer leave rance as one grown in earth (fig. should even su 
s n Si ch fine specimens of old varieties. 
1l ilies, uttings in Trenches.—The plan of strikin ng cuttings | lity of bloom, not quantity, must be the a for 
ies _ maltiply, oa by such n trenches is a, iggy Te the Colonies for| ment in this letter. M; i 
A y plan of examination wi 
Stee ing Aa propagating = Cane | this: I shall go to the seedling tent, with my 
3 i wish ef on E we use cuttings 10 or 12 inches es lone (hg (Fig. a. which ve randa of winning flowers of last year. Thos 
e age on the leep. Welt i i i d 
b then cot vit with a Tittle ait, andi ina Aeir time nae with ie tie Sao E mer at. per t 
beir aika they send forth roots and bu gee each joint. The | seedlings of 1845, in order to ascertain if any and 
S ily th athe s m ma 18. advance has been made. After sana mysel self € 
jo y thai ‘toe ap laces e of Theo- f | this point, I shall go to the exhibition in letter A, whe 
olla. tl 
A ably he ce o a oe leaf is then pla n the earth : Laer ee = ars er deg eget: the se f 
of a pot. Soon ach fra ae a tale saa deve- h | of 1844, I = make say notes for purchases. 
lopes itself, which a ris 
which gives 
rise ts, as is se < in fine, there is is ae ately in showing it in a 6-inch 
leaves, when em- for th e from where it will. 
: elongs to a florist, its exhibition will rogu 
Ployed as cuftinas, send orders; if to an amateur, it wi im fam 
fe boss eaeh neither in the 2-year old’ seedling Boge or et ter 
Fig. 10. Laat of Gloxinia, pre a as, for example, | HARDY YUCCAS; THEIR PROPAGATION AND | for one shall not be influenced to purchase waak 
Bi Sir ag PA Hie REATM may read about but cannot see.— Veritas. ; 
sho SE is pri Toii ced. AA i unde Pac are more ornamental than the different} Electric Apine applied to Horticulture 1 
Cutting ser leave are hes long ti a ERN (seem eens yrs the months of | lately made some s apenn aa Kidai nis Te 
Le > 
N 
show ay sign at succeeding ; the care Sat th me r eg Se z E eoni a Having selected two well-root 
ae ce of i = feature i in the scenery of the Fuchsia cuttings of exactly the same size, &C-, gr0 oa 
dolicatl Canna me idea of those exotic forms vba are peaks to be | in 5-inch pots, “in one eee them I placed a plate of op 
most especial found in climates milder and dryer than that of pani and a plate of zinc, each, 3 inc ches square, bee nt . 
r des, th Onni 
must attention be Saka eranko ove Pike. pot, and co 
. ry one who has a a copper wire soldered see their 
paid to Hn m afferent Jong ¢ kinds | should be aren pine a the el es; Re cee them side by side in a 
petiole, following m M: iges 3 E dbe 
or the base of the Vis s T] xa se, a ka EN hoc’ ray a 
i spins e s 
a Me : sore ; SS acest mi ieee well fgethes $ po pm neve was no perceptib o differe nee bein $ 
i m DOA a hole a foot in depth an tra otos and fill it | two pl he end of a fortnight the ung 
ogh they may N with 0 luce: sia wing ia te it | two plants, ae at the en Pot a 0 ne the other, 
Ne daa ‘fem ¢ small mound above eg bya of ‘the continued so for four w weeks, when it was ee ch tali 
ground. “Then provide yourself with „either a well- and appeared pores wae healthy. On rning A 
Shieh centre of the hol hi peg Fund that mo 
of the hole, praise the soil firmly round its | had through oat side of the eart 
o remain, Fig. 20, Leet s Hemot palmata, | stem ; pa rwards it s but little Nata ia reg zine seta teas "Daly, In the earth on the top of 
s from $ aae secure against w , and in very dry weather | Rendle’s tanks, I p 10 inches apart, @ 
branches, vuei When Seat planted Yuceas grow but slowly, | and copper plate, each 9 inches square, W 
