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This is, however, a tardy process. Attempts to multiply these plants by cuttings 
of the young and immature shoots, very frequently prove futile, as they are 
extremely prone to decay from damp. The most successful and expeditious method 
is that of grafting, in the same manner as has been recommended for Camellias. 
A bud or a young shoot inserted into a vigorous stock of one of the common 
species, will form a tolerably large specimen in an incredibly brief period ; and this 
practice is especially deserving of universal adoption. 
OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 
In the management of tender exotic plants this month, there is one point which 
is too frequently overlooked, but which is of the greatest importance to their 
maintenance in a healthy condition. We allude to the necessity of placing them at 
such a distance from each other, throughout their season of growth, that they may 
be perfectly accessible to light and air on all sides. Unless this is properly 
attended to, it is impossible that their developments can be of the proper consistence 
and strength. Cultivators are very generally accustomed to arrange their plants 
too closely at this season, that each specimen may afford umbrage to the roots of its 
neighbour, and thus tend to preserve it from drought. This, however, is an incon- 
sistent method, by no means calculated to effect the object for which it is adopted, 
and peculiarly prejudicial to the plants so treated. 
To carry into execution the measure above recommended, many persons remove 
a portion of their greenhouse, and even of their stove plants, to the open air. Those 
of the latter description are incalculably injured by such treatment, as the majority 
of them prefer a shaded house to one entirely uncovered, and consequently cannot, 
under any alleviating circumstances, endure the unchecked intensity of solar light. 
It matters not how congenial the climate may otherwise be, a great degree of light 
will inevitably wither or destroy their foliage, and with the loss of this, not only 
the beauty, but sometimes the vitality, of many species is sacrificed. 
Greenhouse plants are certainly not so greatly endangered by such circumstances 
as those just mentioned. Still they suffer materially under a clear sky, when 
surrounded by an arid and burning atmosphere. This is chiefly attributable to the 
confined range of their roots, and their inability to imbibe and supply moisture 
commensurate with the extent of the abundant exhalations from all parts of the 
plant's surface. By planting them in the open ground, therefore, this objection 
would be surmounted; and by a proper selection of plants, their acquired habits would 
not be outraged. 
Now, we would suggest, that only the sickliest and weakest specimens of those 
kinds which are known to affect exposed localities, should- be taken from the green- 
house. In most collections there will be found a sufficient number of these to admit 
of the remainder being placed at proper distances, and a twofold object will thus be 
