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HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 
divide into cuttings from about six or eight to 
ten or fifteen inches long, plant them in rows in 
any shady border of common earth, a foot asun- 
der, and half that distance apart in each row, 
or closer if great quantities are required, put- 
ting of each cutting two parts out of three 
of its length into the ground ; they will take 
root freely, and shoot at top so as to form 
proper plants by autumn or winter following, 
at which time they may be transplanted into 
the nursery quarters, to have more room to 
grow, placing them in rows two feet distance, 
and a foot apart in the rows, where let them 
remain a year or two, or till wanted for the 
shrubbery. 
"By Seed. — If sowed in autumn, in a bed of 
common mould an inch deep, many of the 
plants will probably rise in spring ; but a 
great part of them are apt to remain till the 
second spring before they appear. 
" Honeywort. Cerinthe. 
" Hoop-petticoat. Narcissus Bulbocodium. 
" Hop- hornbeam. Plwlogopkora. 
" Horehound. MarruMum. 
" Horkelia. Two species. Hardy herba- 
ceous. Seed and division. Common soil. 
" Horminum pyrenaicum. Hardy herb- 
aceous. Seed and division. Common soil. 
" Horn. See Animal Matters. 
" Hornbeam. Carpinus. 
" Horn-of-Plenty. Fcdia. 
" Horn-Poppy. Glaucium. 
" Horse-Chestnut. JEscuhis. There are 
the following species and varieties :— 
" JE. Hippiocastanum. Common horse 
chestnut. Asia. Seeds sown in March. Flowers 
in May. Height, forty feet. 
" jE. H. folia aurea. Gold-striped horse- 
chestnut. 
" yE. H. folia argentea. Silver-striped 
horse-chestnut. 
" These two varieties have the same charac- 
teristics as the preceding, but are propagated 
by grafting in March. 
" JE.jiava. Yellow horse-chestnut. 
" jE. pavia. Scarlet horse-chestnut. 
' " JE. pavia rosea. Pale scarlet horse-chest- 
nut. 
" All natives of Carolina. June. Grafts. 
Twenty feet. 
" Horse-chestnuts all require a light, rich, 
well-drained soil, and a sheltered situation, 
being much injured by violent winds. When 
in blossom they are strikingly beautiful, and 
their round heads group well with trees 
having more pointed forms. They may all be 
grafted on the common horse-chestnut, which 
is increased by seed or layers." 
It is certainly one of the few useful works 
that are within the reach of gardeners of 
moderate means. The author says in his 
preface, that he " does not wish to mislead his 
readers into a belief that this is a Botanical 
Dictionary: on the contrary, he has confined 
his notices to such genera of plants as 
deserve a place in some department of 
the garden, and for the most part, even in 
enumerating the number of species in each 
genus, only those have been reckoned that are 
worthy of publication." This is quite true, 
and it was necessary to state the fact, as the 
natural inference would be that the author 
was mistaken in his estimate as to the number 
of species in a genus. 
CONTEMPORARY WRITINGS, 
AND ORIGINAL NOTES CONNECTED WITH HORTICULTURE 
AND NATURAL HISTORY. 
Authorities. — Journal of Horticultural Society, Jl. H.S. — 
Gardener's Gazette, G, G. — Gardener's Chronicle, G. C. — ■ 
Gardener's Journal, G. J. — Quotations from which are duly 
acknowledged by the respective initials attached to each. 
Fuchsias eorBorders. — There are few of the 
Fuchsias which are now cultivated extensively 
that have the merit of some of the older and 
neglected kinds. We allude not to their pro- 
perties as florists' flowers, but as universal 
flowers— flowers forthe openborder and the par- 
terre. In this situation some of the older kinds 
are capable of assuming a highly beautiful cha- 
racter, and such as to warrant a far more gene- 
ral introduction of them into such situations. 
Some of the kinds alluded to will also survive 
out-doors with littleor no injury, thisdepending 
on the locality. In any moderately sheltered 
situation the root willsurvive, andinspringpro- 
duce a number of fresh branches ; but under 
more favoured circumstances, and in the mildest 
seasons, they will often stand with the mere 
loss of the tips of their unripened shoots. 
This fact is not, we think, generally known 
among amateur cultivators. We will mention 
one or two of the kinds here alluded to. The 
old variety called globosa, is perhaps unsur- 
passed when allowed to grow in this way ; if 
killed down to the ground it throws out nume- 
rous shoots, and these form a compact dense 
bush of a foot or eighteen inches high, and in 
the proper season, literally loaded with its 
balloon-shaped blossoms. The effect of this, 
if not placed too near any very brilliant co- 
lours, is excellent, and perhaps this is its best 
form. A larger grower, F. virgata, not now 
often met with, is, as a flowering shrub, un- 
rivalled ; this if killed down, grows up three 
feet high ; we have seen bushes of it which 
have stood in the open borders, and have 
attained this in height and diameter, the 
branches all round being studded with its ele- 
gant ear-drops. Where it is not killed down, 
it would of course become proportionally 
larger. Fuchsia Riccartoni, is another large 
growing plant, reaching from two to three 
feet, and one of the hardiest of all : it stands 
out even in unfavourable situations, sometimes 
