completely dwarf stature. This versatility is very 
encouraging to the propagator, since he may con- 
fidently rely on acquiring “something new.” 
The present season renders it of importance that 
we now notice propagation from growing plants. A 
strong root, when planted, will produce several shoots. 
If no increase be wanted, all, excepting the strongest, 
should be pulled up, nearly as soon as they appear. 
If increase be desired, let them grow till they are 
three or four inches high, then remove the soil a little, 
and carefully draw them out from the crown of the 
parent plant ; they will sometimes be found to have 
thrown out a root, but whether this be, or be not the 
case, these shoots will require only to be planted in a 
rather moist situation, and shaded. In three weeks, 
they may be removed, with a little soil about each, 
to the situation in which they are to flower. If, when 
they are taken trorn the old plant, a hand-glass be 
placed over them, or if they be separately potted, 
and put into a hotbed for a fortnight, it will assist in 
forwarding them, and they will flower as early as 
the parent plant. 
The single stem, remaining to each root, should 
be divested of the side shoots, produced at two, or 
sometimes more, of the lowermost joints. This is re- 
quisite to the formation of a handsome plant, in lieu 
of a wild bush. Cuttings may be made of these 
superfluous side shoots, or no buds can be formed to 
produce the second year’s shoots. They strike root 
most readily. The only point of importance is that 
they be cut off immediately beneath a joint; and 
they may be treated as the suckers, but require a 
longer time to make root. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v, 5, 87. 
