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THE ELOEAL WOELD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 
In propagating by means of cuttings, select the small side-shoots, 
insert round the sides of five-inch pots, and place in a cold frame. 
Pot them off in the spring, and plant out at a distance of six inches 
apart. 
The cultivation of the 'Eclieverias, which are most valuable for 
marginal lines, was fully described in the Floral World for June 
by Mr. Cannell, therefore it is not necessary to allude to them 
further tlian to say small offsets taken off during August and 
September, inserted rather close together in shallow boxes and 
wintered in a cold frame, will be of the best size for bedding next 
spring. 
The grey-leaved Veronica incana deserves a word for its neat 
growth and Itardiness. To increase the stock, it is simply necessary 
to divide it into small pieces and then plant it in nursery-beds, or 
in the flower-beds. It usually attains a height of four or five inches. 
Golden-leaved Plants. — The new Golden Thyme, Thymus 
citriodorus aureus, is extremely valuable, for it is readily propagated, 
quite hardy, and very neat and rich in appearance. The points of 
the young slioots taken off now and inserted in shallow boxes, will 
soon strike, and may be wintered in a cold frame. In the spring 
they may be potted separately, or be pricked off into boxes, accord- 
ing as may be most convenient. It is necessary to keep them near 
the glass to maintain a dwarf growth. 
Several yellow-leaved Felargoniums may also be turned to good 
account in carpet-bedding. The best are Meridian Sun, Robert 
Fish, Sybil, and The Moor. These should be struck now in the 
open border, and when nicely rooted put in three-inch pots at the 
rate of three jfiauts to each pot. In the spring they must be potted 
and carefully hardened off It is important to keep them near the 
glass, to maintain a dwarf, stocky habit. 
The Golden Feather, although now exceedingly common, is 
certainly one of the most useful golden-leaved bedders we have. 
To insure a stock of plants in the spring without having to raise 
them in heat, sow in boxes in September, and keep them out of 
doors all the winter in a sheltered position. In the spring they can 
be planted in nursery-beds, to afibrd them an opportunity of acquir- 
ing strength by the time they are required for the flower-garden. 
It is desirable to plant rather thickly. 
BEAUTIFUL TEEES AT ASHBUET, NOETH DEVON. 
ITH much interest I read your paper on “ Beautiful 
Trees for Kind Climates,” in the March number of the 
Floral World, and would mention a few shrubs that 
thrive luxuriantly without protection in the gardens at 
Ashbury, in the centre and cold part of Devonshire, 
north of the Dartmoor Hills, and seven miles from Okehampton. 
A small plant of Escallonia macrantha was planted in the open 
ground about twenty-five years ago. In severe winters the leaves 
