October 28, 1896.] 



Garden and Forest. 



435 



F'g- 57- — Restio subverticillatus. — See page 434. 



bench covered with about two inches of coal ashes, firmly- 

 compacted, makes a good place for potted plants, and for a 

 time snails will not be troublesome ; after a few months, how- 

 ever, the ashes become covered with dirt that has washed 

 from the pots, and snails will venture into it. It is then time 



to clean the bench and add fresh ashes. Potted plants may he 

 plunged in a bench of coal ashes with excellent results. 



Cuttings from plants easy of propagation may be rooted in 

 coal ashes, though not as readily as in the best cutting-bench 

 sand. On the 2Sth of February last some Tomato cuttings 



