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has greater claims on our attention than the one in question, 

 and there are few who have seen the two splendid specimens of 

 this plant, which were long and scientifically cultivated by 

 Mr, Knight, the surviving one of which is now exhibiting in 

 the Colosseum collection, and which has above thirty different 

 varieties growing upon it, but who would be ambitious of 

 possessing similar specimens. Large specimens of Camellias, 

 and of several other plants, are more likely to be quickly 

 attained by a process of this kind than by any other. The 

 precise season of performing the above operations on exotic 

 plants, will always be governed by the state of the wood on 

 the plants, and by no stated period of the season. When 

 the wood or buds are in a fit state, which has been described 

 in the Fruit Garden, then the operation should be pro- 

 ceeded with. 



PROPAGATING TENDER ANNUALS. 



Tender annuals are plants of one year's duration only, as 

 the name imphes ; and those termed tender, in contradistinc- 

 tion to hardy ones, are those which are natives of tropical 

 or very warm climates. Much of what has been said on 

 rearing annuals in the Flotver Garden is applicable in the 

 present instance ; and the species which are most commonly 

 cultivated, are balsams, cockscombs, globe and pyramidal 

 amaranthuses, &c. ; although many new and very interesting 

 ones have been of late years introducetl, and are in many 

 cases, in a certain degree, substituted for them. The above, 

 however, have long been popular flowers ; and in every 

 garden, where the convenience exists, a certain portion of 

 them may be expected to be cultivated. The rule laid down 

 for the culture of any one of this description of plants, may 

 be said to apply very generally, with slight modifications. 



The seeds, therefore, should be sown any time this montli 

 in pots, pans, or boxes, and should be placed in a cucumber 

 or melon-frame, or in one put up on purpose, of an almost 

 equal degree of temperature. The seeds should be sown mo- 

 derately thick, and covered lightly. The mould should be 

 both light and rich, as the end in view is to have large and 



