284 THE NURSERY LIST. 



Oraiie:e, concluded, 

 placed in boxes and lightly covered with dirt. There they 

 remain until wanted for planting. The cuttings will form 

 roots, but. the buds will remain dormant until the cuttings 

 are transplanted, whether that be three weeks or three 

 years. 



"When planting in grove form, the cuttings are placed 

 in a vertical position if seedling trees are to be imitated, 

 or in an almost horizontal position if it be the grower's 

 intention to plant close and produce small trees ; and 

 when the object is to dwarf the trees, the cuttings are 

 almost inverted. In either case, the cutting is entirely 

 covered with dirt, except the portion occupied by the bud, 

 which is protected by a small cylinder of zinc, 2 or 

 3 inches long, which is fitted to the cutting and protrudes 

 through the soil, giving light and air to the bud. This is 

 removed, however, when the bud attains a height of 10 or 

 12 inches, and the soil is then drawn up around the bud. 

 The subsequent cultivation is the same as with trees 

 propagated in the usual way. Mr. Rowell has applied for 

 a patent on the tube. 



"Now for results. Mr. Rowell has a grove which has 

 been produced by his method. It is on new pine land 

 that has never been cowpenned or fertilized in any way. 

 The grove is now yielding its first crop — over 300 oranges 

 to the tree in some instances — and is only three years old. 

 The public is invited to inspect these trees and compare 

 them with any well cared-for seeedlings six years old. 

 There are some other advantages claimed for this system 

 of propagation which we cannot now point out. 



"Mr. Rowell has Japan persimmons budded in the 

 same way." 



Orchids. Orchidacece. 



The method of propagating these plants must in each 

 species be adapted to the habit and mode of growth. The 

 easiest and safest plan for the vast majority is by division, 

 but seeds, cuttings, layers, offsets, and very rarely roots, 

 are also utilized. It is important that artificial means of 

 increase should only be adopted where the individual 

 plants are in robust health. With many orchids the strug- 

 gle of life under the unnatural conditions we supply, is 

 necessarily severe, and any operation which transforms 

 one weak plant into two or more weaker ones, is to be 

 deprecated. In cases where the only method available 

 necessitates disturbance at the roots, consideration must 



