Newly Invented Propagating Pot. 
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nine inches long, which is a Uttie flattened, and receives a steale or han- 
dle, of any length. The socket itself is a sufficient handle, when used 
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as a one-handed tool ; but with a long handle, its cut is fearful, — I ha^e 
frequently cut off the end of a rail nine inches in circumference, at one 
Mow. It has all the powers of the carpenters' axe, the pruner's chi- 
sel, the Highlander's broad-sword, and the Saracen's sabre, — a fearful 
javelin in the hands of a Saul, a Samson, or a Terry Alt. It also 
makes a good thistle spud. 1 think that if a Sheffield tool-maker would 
take out a patent for it, it might be a good speculation ; — or if ever 
government should have occasion to kill Britain's enemies, this instru- 
ment would do well to cleave helmets. 
Yours, Szc. 
October 20th, 1831. John Howdex. 
Article VI. — Description of a newly invented Propagating 
Pot, for increasing with facility and certainty such Green- 
house and Hothouse Shrubs, as cannot be propagated by 
Cuttings. By Mr. S. Appleby, F. L. S. Nurseryman, 
Florist, and Lecturer on Botany, St. James's Gardens, 
Doncaster. 
Gentlemex, 
The great difficulty and loss, ^vhich generally attend the 
propagation of shrubby plants by cuttings, as well as the length of time 
required to prepare them either for sale, or for ])laces they are intended 
to occupy, and the inconvenience of layering them in the pit, are evils 
which it would be almost supei-fluous to point out. 
It IS presumed, that all these evils may be removed by the use of 
the pot 1 am about to describe, and should you consider the followino- 
remarks, and description, deserving a place in your valuable publica- 
tion, they are at your sei'vice, for insertion. 
It is known to those who have conservatories, tbat the propaoration 
of some species of exotics, is very difficult. Some o-row easilv from 
seed, but the seed of greenhouse plants does not commonly ripen with 
us. Cuttings, are planted with success at certain seasons, and strike 
immediately or at some distant period, according to the nature of the 
