Aveusr 11, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
IN ewer | 
GERANIU. MS, 
poe many plants va Baars almost pie gi | 
AGUTTINGS "Sa deere oo 
billhook) he would cut the bundles into lengths of 3 or 
4 a es each, and thus the uae were seina 
This 
Zealand, about 70 miles from Auckland, on “Bush” 
land | acquired i in March, 1859, under the “free grant” 
T ¢; 
@ the 
able for “bedding purposes, perhaps the Go Ide. en Cha 
tor 
are Ta ed Sy ae the and. Kos ow 
unga Karamea, March 
ai “Mau 10, 1860. 
‘Since I wrote to you I have been, as-usual, w 
a Oe, ion 
re pr ress ssed I I should 
been seat widely d dist y I TEHA ey 
IR gua utity 
What does this — plied ? 
d SEF 
connection with cutting making, especially of Gera- 
niums. propagators are Dat that the great 
enemy to successful „striking is stagnant moistur ire 
1 
it to be. it that i 
than other + ne ne or is 
ii that Teini? a little delicate it has been narsed and 
J debility from which 
and yet at the same time it is indispensible ree ‘the 
atmosphere be kept so mo oist as to prevent the juices of 
trong measures will reclaim it? 
in its constitutional vigo! 
mi than th 
If office of s r 
was first brought nie notice, 
but This I| gf 
is the true explanation, and for aay — 
ow ist this t o be ma pan 
you syr inge too much, the water Aad gs about the 
cutting and it baarn pi and if ‘ate do 
the cuttings flag for the want of moisture. Now if y 
take a cutting fresh from the plant and hold 
vertically i in your hand, you will see that at the base of 
“not syringe, 
c 
Se is ni 
orking 
d at all manner of operations, dgra 
=S roots, falling timber, &c., and have never ceased 
during the whol continu 
joke. 
months, esl other es a is now just 12 months 
time nothing short of “ Pe 
ul 
e been trying to sum 
the most r ecently 
are riis little „bracts, no doubt intended “Dy nature to 
up what I have don bp here on the 16th of 
nd this is now the 10th of March of as follow- 
a 
you would use for Heaths or Epacrises,” wi 
growing part of the > plant ; for you will find that as the | 
ing year. In tha t t 
my 
be grown in Peat ty sa! 7a ig 
no longer necessary wither and fall off. These bracts i in 
reir fu 
sp a 
in all the wildness of “Ho sf veultiy 
ge for rent or taxe: 
a +5 
hey 1 
e moistur 
n 
rgan g th 
keid the cuttin ot they =} tY cause it to rot; but | 
io} a far beyond salve else ‘on mies 
ro me in ana ah ma oe and my success in iam 
ace of cultivators ? tey Poni iia use 
mould at all, but use, of a 
PB 
The fact is too Pecan 
we mepes without, oaas and because plants | p 
known to w, in Peat, 
tural TEN ather than as a 
y harm; sittin 2 in preparing your cu l, ka remoye 
¿| remove these bracts and vc pe the most st vertical leaf, respect excites the wonder of “every one, although of 
Jea enon of ioe could 
s, Pumpkins especially 
these bracts, and at the same time you remoye the raar 18 inches gy. and 9 inches in dia mieli s the 
eceptacles of stagnant moisture. With the say ape umpkins, a very ant crop here, are very 
pr repared. you may syringe daily without any fear of | different pa thi at home, and make excellent food 
doing injury, and indeed of the most delicate Fast for man of the i for 
oa thus Haah I rare’ ly lose a _ cutting. ae were, f without the me Th exaggeration, the size 
ith =e the sized Beetroo ts. They say here that seeds 
lik ut all mine have 
de tr thi 
h or constitutiona’ Evie 
are aimed at—first, grow 
"That treatment which wili 
and second, fruitfulness, 
5 DS 
d 
a thet; but if a ity 
a leaf with the accompanying bud and the arnie 
Wine French, and Scarlet —_ 
pen ro I am sorry to say, | have been failur 
J |b it is sufficient f 4 
inimical to the _ production of „flowers, but if w sata a _ a eiat paran A aie ee bud st 3 
t, then by a pro make a plant. I have recommended that with tho 
maturation of “that growth "we obtain a pro: Pe 
bracts the most vertical leaf should be taken off. This 
‘Bees are most ‘plenti ifal here and the honey superbly bly 
Bees’ nests are to ra ve be tery old trees in every 
part of the woods, and as 
been taken 
efflorescence of the most beautifully formed and hig a 
onl 
process, by. fo forcing the plants either by manuring or 
fresh potting. at the time sack eae eed to | 
commence, and you t reel; w flowers at | 
but a gross oid sls Plants, how 
3 at the prese rown for their 
linge as well as for their Sore, and many for their 
oliage only. 
d eis are 
the mo scan Se 
+} 
a further growth, prevents the sap being used 
| in a wrong direction. 
To return to the Golden Chain Geranium. r the 
to se 
fthat 
a oe, 
tae. i prion acuta it “aie for a ‘ioe by fi 
t 
me 
eutt 
r frost some 
When re 
anted then 
lgmeegsege 
TERS 
have 
ipus grow wth be uraged, as 
asa IRR Var: 
to striko or increase = cuttings a fr 
assume tural hue, and the di 
removed, and the 
edin 
ance, bat the dec 
re pott a enc ngan 
ayed portio; 
er ee 
pin’ 
a 
action. As the roots ants Fi prot) 
soil, the branches evidence of 
with sadro ar of a Tittle waela ro tn 
ai cool Cucumber had by | carry 
A. "On the IN 
and ing was surrounded 
with ighe sandy soil and tied up in Moss as a separate 
parcel, taking care to keep the leaves as — of the 
All being in readin ait > 
1 ma en g 
ad 
forming | increasing 
A | heat being 
ariere ot the bowe, 1 The 600 cuttings 
x kept rather in excess of at gery pro 
oo aig ote 
we 
pe day nie manta ‘Bo much 
n Chain, 
When the axed were taken fro: 
bed they were planted thinly in shalow oe ina 
consisting of loam liberally in a 
ser 
ully mat 
old Mushroo st sha ung a eey w dung. “this 
per in heat, ‘dey grew ri pali hg and ari 
E 
and planted out miey were the best plant e the 
sap or or, ikt p matter is pended | in growth, it will 
1 I ever saw. n planting, each plant was sur- 
rounded ma a double raje of the cor aeni 
en tioned, a nd at t the resent time e many 
pe enost E inogaible that it can form root: 
or 
R, under. 
vad E A 
4} 
old 
ived they presented a rather forlorn appear- | 
ns we 
sharp an 
icaetenpied rather | 
ATATA don’ 
t 
difficulty of | accustomed to hear them 
you 
m the tan or cutting 
than f ersons who ao: 
iterally 
Penta I hered 4 pe it n, tim 
an draw i 
A te it 
the 
“ted very fond of it. 
ms birds here; it is ate Dw aay 10 
one fellow, 
I aie ae 
loudly as you or 
h d as 
ird, 
was singing out for ‘ More pork.’ 
oat t Wait a bit, wait a bit,’ itso how 
T 
morning however, abou 
every Mrd in the woods 
note, and the effect is 
continue perhaps, 
„produc uch more like 
t number of vere agent "ells Sie 
of birds. I rec ceived the fo ar numbers of the 
po t nicle 
riter of the above also speaks in the highest 
The 
saan a a Seinciples of propagation, to take cuttings at | time two spre rh rows a this elegant ener terms v the di mate of: New Zealand, especially 
_ the present season from the open air, place them on a Hants Thus I think = is quite clear the best: way kad oe Mes English ie: 
Lect heat, with a close moist gy emilee zage Golden Chai is to pot it in its entirety occupies mor 
ee inti te js en ini K toe Lite fonna spass farthe 
the uninitiate t just “when they in heat t through the winter, to strike the cuttings f 
ought ris bet to pot off they are bested an oa it is | in Moss in't or Treated in this way "St, EC 
ian that no 1 fo ormed. Ho ow this? = aen will quickly become as common as Tom ao orig 3 
the orgie eto 8 what I P a ated ; | Thum’ urse it with 1 Peat and sand and it will $F oth tis 
oo Faye p a “Situated in an angle formed 
instont orn in Kae od ot roots ark more, and for the present I have by the ‘tho oa atr bo, Ca pa ser he rd vd 
„For the formation of cuttin ings v: s directions are ie plas nts are difficult to root, is always Sathi a baer the vga oe nae maei the Populus 
pact š bei man says, ay a hem of with a uea of the | to preserve | the > roots after port ser oe meres die i ge Rage ae ee aa whith at 
m 3 a seco irects t below er is a difficul atter, e ‘ ii 
Joint; while @ third will 1 a sA A the | but strike your tiini Mods and t these difficulties | 3 feet from the ground are 13 inches and piei 
direction in which this secti is made. my | yanish, A. P. H. ne 40 feet high, A er bout fet 
Own part I pay but little attention, to any of “these See touch each other, but are p uni r al a ge 
ions, for I once knew a s VEGETATION IN NEW ZEALAND. from the ground. Now the largest or main part of the 
ji- la ae in the autumn, eaid set con | equent notice you have ta ken go 2, ge con- | tree is rena and seat dying; the sey th 
Place the ends evenly’ and eae ther i most all. ye) iy, 
bundles, and | ao latter received from a friend menting in New | $ 
