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hung u[), in a shed, till the yellow tint be assunaed, and then re- 
moved to the drying house. We have thought that, in general, 
the more quickly plants are dried, the better are their qualities 
preserved. The sort cultivated, is a large-leaved variety of the 
Virginian tobacco. Its net produce, half a pound to each plant, 
being 2420 pounds to an acre. 
74 Pelargoniums, TO PROPAGATE. The following method of cul- 
ture, as stated in Mantell’s Floriculture, is worthy of being re- 
membered by such as desire a gay flower garden. “Those who 
cultivate geraniums (now known as pelargoniums) extensively 
in the open air, and who have not the means of protecting them 
in a green-house during winter, w ill find it advantageous to adopt 
the plan recommended by Mr. Mackenzie. In the autumn, cut- 
tings may be taken from old-established plants, and being pre- 
jiared in the usual manner, twenty or thirty may be inserted in 
a pot, about nine inches in diameter; they should then be plunged 
into a hotbed, and allowed to remain until they have taken root. 
AVhen the frosts set in, they may be removed to a room, of any 
other place where they can be protected from the cold. A small 
window, w ith a shelf in the centre, will contain two hundred plants. 
About the middle or latter end of March, the enttings may be 
repotted singly, and put into any sheltered situation until the 
season for transplanting them into the open air. By this means 
a supply of young plants may, from year to year, be obtained, 
with scarcely any trouble.” From the same author we give 
another direction, which although known to many, is not re- 
membered by all, viz. 
75 Laying Chinese Roses. “About the beginning of July, just 
when the tree is coming into flower, being provided with a sharp 
knife, and a few hooked pegs, commence by taking hold of the 
shoot intended to be layered, and making an incision just below 
the bud, on the upperside of the branch, pass the knife half way 
up to the next bud ; then give the branch a slight twist, that the 
part so cut may rest upon the soil ; fix in the peg, to hold the 
layer in its place, and cover it with soil, to about the depth of 
two inches. The custom of layering without the incision, so 
greatly retards the striking of the roots, that frequently they can- 
not be detached from the stools till the following spring; whereas • 
if the incision be made, they w ill be ready, in favourable seasons, 
in two or three months.” 
