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put into a pond by dozens, to become sufficiently moistened 

 again. 



When the whole intended to be shifted are finished, they 

 should be staked up, if necessary, and well watered over head 

 with a fine rose watering pot, both to clear them of the dust and 

 filth that they may have accumulated during the process, aa 

 well as to settle the mould at their roots. They are then in fit 

 condition again to occupy their places in the green-house. 



PROPAGATING GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 



Under this head it will be readily understood that we include 

 those of the conservatory also, as all plants destined for the 

 latter are propagated along with, and indeed are cultivated 

 with the former, until their size either renders them unfit for 

 remaining longer amongst them, or when of a proper size and 

 age to be planted out permanently in the latter. 



To enter into the detail of propagating green-house plants 

 individually, would far exceed the limits prescribed to us, and, 

 indeed, justice could only be done to such a subject in a se- 

 parate volume. The cultivator who intends to propagate upon 

 an extensive scale, cannot do better than consult the Exotic 

 Gardener, by Gushing ; or the Botanical Cultivator of Mr. 

 Sweet, both excellent practical propagators and cultivators, 

 and whose works on this subject are complete of their kind. 

 The former is now becoming scarce, and would be a valuable 

 work if revised up to the present time. 



This is now a very favorable season for commencing the work 

 of propagation, either as regards the mode of rearing from 

 seeds, or propagating from cuttings, layers, or dividing the 

 plant, and also for the more expeditious method of grafting, 

 inarching, or budding. 



For the propagation of plants, Mr. Sweet offers the fol- 

 lowing rational remarks : "A small house should be appropri- 

 ated, a north-eastern aspect is preferable to any other, so as to 

 have the morning sun, and none afterwards ; they then want no 

 artificial shading, for the less sun that cuttings have before they 

 are rooted, and the more light, the better. A pit might be made in 

 the house, and one part filled with firesh tan, another part filled 



