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as they may be able to nourish, the consequence is a 

 deficiency of shoots and blossom buds for the following 

 year, and the tree left so weak by maturing so much 

 fruit, that it ceases for a year or two to show either 

 blossoms or fruit. 



The orange is best propagated by grafting or 

 budding on lemon or shaddock stocks ; but as we 

 cannot recommend this mode for renewing or keeping 

 up a stock in a villa green-house, unless where a 

 gardener is kept, we shall not enter into details. 

 Orange trees endure for many years, even centuries, 

 if well taken care of, so that they seldom require re- 

 newal. The Citrus tribe is also propagated by cut- 

 tings and layers ; but it can seldom happen that either 

 of these modes will require to be resorted to in a 

 small green-house. However, as some may be dis- 

 posed to amuse themselves in this way, we shall 

 describe Henderson of W oodhall's mode of growing 

 the orange from cuttings ; and we believe no British 

 gardener has ever been more successful than him. 



Henderson has raised the orange and lemon from 

 cuttings for forty years past, and considers it as by far 

 the quickest mode of getting plants, either for bear- 

 ing or grafting on. His directions are as follows : — 

 * Take the strongest young shoots, and also a quantity 

 of two year old shoots, and cut both into lengths 

 from nine to eighteen inches. Take the leaves off 

 the lower part of each cutting to the extent of about 

 five inches, allowing the leaves above that to remain 

 untouched ; then cut right across under an eye with 



