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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



HYDRANGEA HORTEXSIS. 

 Class, Decandria. Order, Monogynia. 



Saxifrages, 



Native of China, introduced by Sir Joseph Banks. 

 17SS. — Propagation, cuttings. 



Mr, Hedges, who has succeeded in growing this 

 plant to a remarkable degree of perfection, gives 

 the following directions for its cultivation : — As 

 a succession of young plants is necessary, I raise 

 some each year, by taking, in the beginning of July, 

 young shoots with three or four joints, cutting them 

 off close to the joint, which is at the bottom of 

 the shoot. These I plant in rich earth in a warm 

 border, and cover with a hand-glass. They are 

 shaded during the middle of the day, and sprinkled 

 with water from a fine-rosed watering pot two or 

 three times a week, in the evening, so as to keep them 

 moist, the glass being kept over them at all times, 

 They will also grow by layers made in July, in the 

 r way as carnations. The cuttings, or layers, 

 will be well rooted by the end of August, at which 

 time, or early in September, they must be put singly 

 into small pots, and placed under a frame, which 

 at first must be shut up close. If they can be as- 

 sisted by a moderate dung heat at this time, it will 

 be better for them. In the frame they must be 

 shaded and watered as before. About the middle 

 or end of October they are to be taken into the 

 greenhouse, or under other shelter, where they 



