364 THE HOT-HOUSE. [April. 
Propagating Green-house Plants by Cuttings, Suckers and 
Layers, ^c. 
There are few shrubby plants but may be propagated by layers; 
these should be laid in the pots or tubs, agreeably to the methods 
directed in page 288. 
Suckers may now be taken off where they appear, and be planted 
in separate pots, or several small ones in the same pot. 
The tar greater number of all the green-house plants may now 
be plentifully propagated by cuttings or slips; such as laurusti- 
nus, myrtles, geraniums, balm of Gilead, and fuschia coccinea; 
jasmines, gardinias, hydrangeas, English and Portugal laurels; 
oleanders, passion-flowers, justicias, lagerstroemia, heiiotropiums, 
coronillas and melianthuses; acuba and Camilla japonica, budd- 
leias, solanums, teucriums, proteas and salvias, with almost every 
other kind, if planted in hot-beds, and carefully shaded and watered. 
Such as do not root freely should have bell-glasses placed over them 
in the hot-bed till rooted; thi\S is the most effectual way to insure 
the growth of many hard-wooded kinds. 
The roots of herbaceous kinds may now be separated and 
planted in different pots for increase; the succulent kinds may also 
be propagated by slips, cuttings and suckers, such as cactuses, 
stapelias, mesembryanthemums, &c. The succulent sorts should 
not be planted for a few days after having been taken off, that the 
wounds may heal; during which time, they may lie on a shelf in the 
green-house, and when fit, plant them in pots of good sandy earth. 
The young orange and lemon stocks, raised last year for bud- 
ding, should now, if not done before, be planted into separate and 
suitable sized pots; and if then plunged in a hot-bed till they have 
taken fresh root, it will greatly promote their growth. Some of 
the strongest will probably be of sufficient size to bud in August, 
and all of them at that time twelve months. 
Cape Bulbs. 
Many of the cape bulbs, mentioned in page 166, will be now in 
flower; they should all be kept in the front parts of the green- 
house, and "have plenty of air, without which they will spindle up 
and never show either strong or brilliant flowers; such as are in 
blow however, are, when the sun shines too powerfully on them, to 
be, for the moment, removed out of its rays, or it will facilitate 
their decline. 
THE HOT-HOUSE. 
Pine Mpples. 
In this month it will be easy to distinguish which of the pines 
