98 SYLVA FLORIFERA. 



myrtle, and other tender varieties, which be- 

 long to the green-house or conservatory, 



" Where, 



Unconscious of a less propitious clime, 

 May bloom exotic beauty, warm and snug, 

 While the winds whistle and the snows descend." 



Cowper. 



The myrtle loves a warm dry soil, and is 

 propagated by cuttings, which should be 

 taken from vigorous young shoots, in July. 

 These should be about five or six inches in 

 length, and the leaves of the lower part 

 stripped off, and the part twisted which is to 

 be placed in the ground. The earth should 

 be of a rich and light nature, and pressed 

 tight to the cuttings. The pots should then 

 be placed under the frame of a hotbed, and 

 plunged either into some old dung or tanners' 

 bark, to keep them moist. The pots will 

 require water every few days ; and carefully 

 shaded from the sun, in about six weeks 

 they will have taken root, when they should 

 be gradually inured to the open air. 



The double-blossomed, and other varieties 

 of narrow-leaved myrtles, may be inarched 

 upon the common kind ; but this adds more 

 to the curiosity of the plant than to its 

 beauty. 



