5 e 10-week, | cu e cannot foresee with any certainty es about Sr 
All is req ving seed from ttings that wi 
&e., is not to permit than seven or pe pods to wh hether we can ig N in striking even the less diffi- | One is the rank vegetation in the ring, which calls to 
mature their seed on one plant ; after the seed is ripe ; | cult plants. We must be constantly trying exper : 
it is best preserved in the seed-v essels, until it is re- | ments, for the conditions favourable to vegetat i. The plants of Wheat which are in- 
quired to be sown.— Tassel. vary according t he strength of the plant, i" focted with bat Poors = Upee recognised by a a 
—— according to the e; moreover, the dry the ET ue, and in multi- 
HOW TO TO STRIKE CUTTINGS. stu e house vhich the de K 
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XV. Slit Cuttings. There are some plants whose | cess. is, c e with the common i 
cuttings root best if a slit is made in their lower ‘aan that the result is always more satisfactory ina house | eels subject to the attack of a specs A 
a piece of sponge being introduced, as at fig. 24; Caro- range dng thamin tbat in which ight so ecto The leaves infected are thicker, e fleshy, 
arborescent Bignonias, &e., take root well ger also uccess is more certain in r than and overtop the healthy leaves. Eve is neal known 
manner. The perseverance o of a that in these cases nie raa oa the plant are _ 
Layer Saasen plants difficult to strike I hi xha usted ; he will be always Ae some- A peor by tl delic: fibres of the 
thought of what ng wort This ssnin likely a be “the case as regards _ 
layer-cutting (fig: recompense him Í for tl d p pended y rings, ight possibly ia 
from which I ha fin his experiments. | some ait or at le east, fitara resilta, if the cause 
tain Bis = of this luxuriance were duly investigated. yee her 
n mak- Home Correspondence. point wo eA of aea is, that in fiey rings not 
me a longitudinal $ in-| Blister of the s Peach Leaf.—Perhaps th e following, merely the circumfere ce is some 
ion down the cutting | w! which has come under my oł tion thi ‘ar up ‘as sift 1e SO bu t then 
2 a | tend to oe some light on this subject. Tw wenty-four is > occasionally fe barren parch ed purtion beyon ai th 
wedge, to keep the maiden plants of se 5a and Nectarines in Pr rence if the fe rtilizing properties of the soil 
wound open ; without inery early in April; the dt Other point 
this precaution the e two potted the preceding autumn in tu rfy loam, per pro- | f ‘or considera uld occur in examining the r rings 
parts will soon join, | tected through the fe Sh ecg severe e fr ‘ost. Prey vious formed in "woods by \ various Ene z fungi, and these 
s and the operation fail, z Lett ther å in ging ricus hese a 
he upper PA the | to within 8 or 10 eyes of the pud, my object being to get | | sometimes of an mmense pA and produce 
ero ought to be dwarf pas plants for foreing i s T should they be myris iads of fungi. Tt may be matter of surprise o 
early, level vith the ie or 7 e a future | occasion. y rings are not more frequent if they are 
arii inthe pot; it | into leaf I w to ee the leaves on a produced ¥ has been maintained by the centrifugal 
i sometimes kappenste nart of te infected wit the biste Having f the spawn. But to those who have been 
that the roots erate a imagine ed the blister n Pea ach- iret 5 leaves was ¢ caused acusied to watch the 2 growth of fungi, the surp ise 
one and at the by col Seas oh wet v the tender p p 
Fig. 25. time from i the slit ‘and foliage, I was at a loss how to ac ay } li f circumstances, 
c ia as. the b ait 1 local, One xing ea f 
Cuttings or Grafts upon Roots. —I have oie em- | had in no instance, ae they were placed in et been | of a part ticular species may be found i ‘ particular 
ployed the pee „ | lower oe a The roots on being € examined were | wood yea r after year, but ny most di ligen search wi 
method of striking jíl, | found to not soon another locality in the neigbouriond for 
which are dif- f ee a, “therefore” it was not caused ty any excess of that species. This cire umstance alone make the in- 
t to multiply by e at the roots, as is f tl f 
i The pro- 37> a Tet ‘the e case, oe all the leaves as they were formed | difficulty t than might ‘at first be suppo' osed.— 
eess may be slit-graft- — and di —— or ultimately i ia off, ps Ae of G ‘uano.—Among the ated s mo 
i in fig. 26, or caving a few only at the ends shoot. | by w iB goanet is adulterated, you mayn not be aware 
ing, as i I fo IRRE that while bin of t th Wanstea ibut 
fig:-27. The ligatures d, the Ennan of-them was ea ctly healthy, | 1 person living 
be of worsted ; d hed, although under precisely in EA Miadlesez Q ‘emg als supplied ¢ 
the sam eatnient : A this indicate ted th at it must be h e quantity of the celebrate 
not to cover the upper g attributed k some other cause in oon instance, ila yellow loam from Wanstesd, which, having first beer 
of the roots of | pendent of climate and waterin examining th finely sifted, was put into a barge at Bow-bri 
, or al more narrowly, I found that where ue wood of the pre- | and. compe to the iaiiiee s, and then mixed wii 
least very little. In ceding year had not ripened properly, The above adulterated cargo has b 
operations the blistered leaves, more or less, and varying i | to Bridgewater, a be used there by some 
cutting either adheres IN the wood was ripe or not ; whilst on those sure E hio | wary agriculturists, who not yet learnt to profi 
to the root as an or- = wood was firm vate oie not 2 blistered lea af w as to be | by the cautions none rere with which you have im 
dinary graft, and Fig. 26. found ; blistered 1 def fatigably endeavoured to provide them. — b 
pushes in the same tag sacha the root does nothing more | brought | on by secondary” causes, still H aleve the seriber, Mile End, Jt uly 8. P.S—L have no doubt d 
nourish and hold the | the is the impe: 1 supply you with dd ft o den I 
saath fast with which it is tion Est the wood | during cold and wet autu mns, particu if you wish for it. [P : 
in contact, until it forces it to d t ‘Heath Culture.—L obsè ent "the lisi ue awa sa 
sen s into the soil; th - | Cape Heaths, that Messrs. "Veitch, of ee were aga 
cutting is then on its own bot- | pda of seine matter in aha ag inns which | awarded the Gold Banksian Medal in e Nurser erymel 
tom, as we say. Tree Pæonies, | rapidly brings o n disorganisation of the tissue.—John class for 12 plants. Iimagine they are have b 
Dahlias, &c. Bowoed. good to have been honoured with such an award 
knows, are rltipied in word pere —To destroy this pest most effectually :— | travelling 200 miles. Those plants, it is said, “wet 
manner, where the | Towards the end of last year, when my Ca rnati ions an nd pe otted on me re practised with success in Devot 
prone jee itse telf. tot shire, but which will not answ er in 1 the neighbourh 
rt d d mon to the latter being turned up for = Tent W ha his ? has 
Gro evillea, eae posure the winter frosts, I took sulphuric acid. in n put me utente on good selena princip! 
pn tt there is every rea- | the Tapori of 1 gallon to 20 of water, and applied This question is of great importance, and holds goo 
son to suppose that by the | the mixture plentifully to the soil. In two oy eb vere aeonntont ihe whole extent ho 
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trees, and I propose to try the | the lapse of 10 o 4 day: 
experiment on plants which | of powdered lime, aid short afer Farmed the soil up a success, vill n not an 
cannot be seeing by t The 
ordinary means. In this sort | a rare e thing to see a wirowarm meat ona viously I had | situation in another locality, where we shou 
of multiplication it is n half an hour, and where my we po situated iror meee we system the i 
necessary for the braich to | plants were ea p manner, Let any | practice. For my own par Lope a loss t 
on e sam 1 the h succes 
from whe av nA taken | d th the D hire should not answer ei si 
it; but we may work- on mixture. Let him hak bet next morning ge elf, had many years "practice 1 of plano in ti 
S — dass the rage anega the “eel on or, cone in half an hour asghbcudtipon of London and in other Mores: nties. A 
_, Fig. 27. we only e care e | after. is can be us scale as well as on| the system of culture. taena in Devo D, 
root is in proportion to the size of the plant. small see teas tion. sa ee with PET: I am t h more an to b 
Striking Cuttings without Heat—For some time Fairy Rings. ion of h | right, that others uy not b 
past I have tried to strike without heat hothouse cut- | di fe t tby a which is now so extensively ca 2 t 
tings, w! i i published by the la 
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which do not „like to rootin tan. peor of | series of accurate cert meekan periodic in- ries ane parieulars of which was 
Fos ES ings—a pi cmeemuatanee nae Mr. Loudon in the «“ Gardeners flac i Fi: 
i I regret that Iam cture on artificial cultivat n My 
bro in cold ech Timigite Conclude a thisthat| not able at ont to ee to ab Mi cea eS mje aii De 
may e same ge ere robin on oe ce Ay Bie be found i in “ Loudon’ icl Jendars, &e., away from the imme: iate ocalii 
whether they are placed S perg but ths s | Magazine.” sit > PENES AER written It will be: necessary f fori eae 
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posed to the high temperature of 36° centi ida rin; A Kao rin the grad Il Pe ey ae) dae bv rie T oriterion to steer” be 
(98° Fahr. ), wl shoot with as much ¢ irs ip re ie it Ty ; passed at least | sume 5 lacing the “collar. of rahe P 
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heat of a 70,89, or 9° (45° to oe Fate. In the | i: i it was when I first noti has placed the soils ‘and 00 
last case eae © will y take when raises the | it. From the o very nature of the case, itis a matter = lan ts, wa Te rd i ee most wond 
me prs gaS i Pia Fahr.) r); butt inthe, extreme naif culty to trace on — ‘of a ring from a Sa which are my examp and on m 
as they have ear a AANER night, th pozei tangus for, in the first place, the fungi which | set great aes ever fecling it my ‘uy t — erp 
Merete ig eg to rot tian those which, place not so very often found separately, and | gress in practice.—Jam s Barnes, Bic 
ahothouse, inigi in the mi of an atmosphere near] if nies ae jas s ring cannot be formed = sho follow- | mouth, Devon. 
A he earliest it is Hoti diffien meh Transmutation of 
in the autumn or winter, the E napas land, ri attention is sere fattia arly | I took the liberty of sending e an ee 
too low ; we shall have more chance of turned to the subject, oe that oy on his own pro; a erty y, | experiments which I had caused t mer at 
place in ee ggies foxy ark accurately the position of a solitary Agaric, | years ago, to test the theory which I ngs r 
ve, that pecially pounded of e transmutation of corn 
} There are one or two | were not in accordance with that theory. 
