hybrids. Almost every gardener may be said to 
have been trying his skill at propagating new ones, 
and numerous indeed are the varieties in cultiva- 
tion. The catalogue of one nurseryman alone, 
which is called “ select,” contains nearly a hun- 
dred and twenty varieties, varying in their pinces 
from a guniea down to sixpence. They are, indeed, 
a most valuable addition to our flowering shnibs, 
because all may inhabit the mounds, borders, or 
as single plants, the turf of the open flower garden 
or the shrubbery. 
The most corrrrnon method of preserwing these 
plants in the open ground, has been to cut them 
down to within a few inches of the surface of the 
earth, before frost has injured them, and then to 
securely cover up the roots with straw, moss, or 
even soil, enough to prevent the frost from pene- 
trating to them. Plants in pots, we have frequent- 
ly kept safely in a dry cellar. A correspondent of 
the Gardeners’ Chronicle has, however, let in a 
new light on this subject; viz. — 
The lateral shoots and tops, when cut off in au- 
tumrr, it is said, if packed in powdered charcoal, 
or 2^erfectly dry earth, in boxes, and ke^^t in a cool 
jrlace, from frost, may, in April, be cut into lengths 
of a foot each, and planted with a dibble, lea\dng 
three inches out of the soil, and they will grow and 
make good flowering pilants. A Scotch cultivator 
has }flanted similar cuttings, in November, and 
covered them uji securely with leaves, and nearly 
nine-tenths grew. We shall be glad to be informed, 
next summer, by any of our readers, of the success 
attending these methods. 
