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them in pots has been prepared by Mr. Munro, to be laid 

 before the Society. 



All the older sorts, and many of those now described for 

 the first time, have been planted against the south wall of 

 the Arboretum, in the Garden of the Society, where it is pro- 

 posed constantly to keep the whole collection, adding new 

 acquisitions when they arrive. In such a situation, by far the 

 greater part of the varieties succeed admirably, and continue 

 in beauty for a long period ; some are not so well suited for 

 this purpose ; and therefore in private collections, a selection 

 only of the kinds should be so placed ; the tender and weak 

 growing plants should be rejected. The late flowering sorts 

 in most cases, contrary to what might have been expected, 

 have more vigour and show more splendidly abroad in this 

 manner, than in pots under glass. 



The practice of reducing the number of flower buds, re- 

 commended by Mr. Joseph Wells,* answers equally as 

 well in the production of large flowers on the trained, as on 

 the potted plants ; the experiment was in the present season 

 tried against a south wall in the Garden of the Society on 

 two branches of the Large Quilled Orange, with great success ; 

 the branches so treated produced blossoms of an unusual 

 size and expansion. In training the shoots to a wall, it is 

 very desirable, if possible, to keep the branches of different 

 lengths, so that the flowers which only grow at their ends, 

 may not all appear as if at the extremities of the plant, leaving 

 the middle destitute of blossoms. 



In cultivating the Chrysanthemums as standards in an 

 open border, it has been proved by experience, that few 

 * See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. v. page 572. 



