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qualities less fixed and innate than those which are derived from generative union. This has been looked upon as 
a speculation, hut I consider it nearly amounting to a certainty ; because I think that the consequence is necessary, 
and that the phenomena cannot be accounted for in any other manner ; and notliing of the kind has been known 
to occur' to any known mule productions, vegetable or animal. * * * I think that clever gardeners might 
thus obtain crosses between plants which wQl not intermix seminally. * * * Of course, many failures must 
bo expected before a bud will be obtained from a compound cell ; but I think with perseverance, it wiU be pro- 
duced ; perhaps most easily by uniting half of two young stems of equal bulk from just above the root upwards. 
* * * Jt must be remembered, that if the smallest piece of bark be inserted into a different stock and Uves, 
whatever bud shall break from its tissue, exhibits the qualities of the plant fr-om which that piece of bark was 
taken, without regard to the juices, root, or bark of the stock. If it proceeds fi'om the stock, it exhibits its quali- 
ties ; if exactly from the suture, how can it avoid exhibiting the joint qualities ?" 
Many " worked" buds of C. purpureus have probably died, as occurred in the instance vplicii the C. 
Adami was produced, but we hear' of but the one case in which the hybrid form has been so originated. 
Those who enter upon experiments with a Wew of testing this question, should, therefore, not he too 
hasty in forming conclusions, even though their fii-st successes may not he very encoiu-aging in tlieii" 
results. We shall be glad to have to I'ecord many such experimental trials ; meanwhile, vegetable 
physiologists may discuss the bearing of Dr. Herbert's theory, upon the ascertained facts of cell- 
formation and development. — M.] 
Ernirin, ml Mi^itlimum JIntra. 
REVIEW. 
Glemiifs Sandbook to the Flower Garden and Green- 
MoKsCj comprising the Description^ Cultivation^ and 
Management of all popular Floivers and FluntSj S^c, 
By George Glej^tnt. London : C. Cos. 
This work, which was issued in monthly portions, forms, 
now completed, a neat voliune of about foiu- himdi'ed 
pages. It treats of aU the more important of the plants 
grown for ornament, giving a general summary of their 
cultivation, and brief descriptive particulars of a select 
few of the best species of each genus, which feature, as 
well as some of the articles altogether, appear to be the 
work of another hand. "We must take an example or 
two ; — 
" SciLLA. A genus of bulbs, for tbe most part hardy, and 
ranking- among the prettiest ornaments of the early spring. 
They are far too much neglected in gardens, though of the 
easiest culture, and very gay appearance at a season when 
flowers are scarce. They grow very well in any moderately 
good garden soil, hut have rather a preference for soil contain- 
ing a considerable portion of peat earth ; this is especially the 
case with several of the smaller kinds. They multiply rapidly 
by means of offsets, and their culture is very simple, for they 
merely require planting in the autumn, the bulbs being placed 
from two to foui" inches under gi'ound, according to theii' size, 
and they may then remain year after year, the patches of bulbs 
increasing in size, until it is required to form new plantations. 
Except for this purpose, or for the sake of increase, the less they 
are disturbed the better. There are something like three 
dozen species recorded as being in cultivation, from which for 
ornamental purposes the following may be selected : S. prcccox, 
blue ; -S", bifolia, blue, pink, and white varieties ; S. sibirica, 
bright blue ; S. amama, blue ; all small dwarf plants, and 
blooming in succession from February till April ; S. campanidaia, 
blue, white, and pink varieties ; and S. italica^ pale blue ; both 
of larger size, and blooming about May. 
Cheiranthtjs. CWall-fiower}. A genus of plants of some- 
what shrubby habit., containing C. Cheiri, the well-known 
common Wall-flower, of which there are various handsome 
double-flowered varieties cultivated, the best being the double 
bright yellow, double dark brown, and double purple. The 
common single is grown abundantly in most common flower- 
borders, and hears its yellow or brownish blossoms freely in 
April and May, on plants reared from seeds so^vn in May of the 
previous year. The seeds should be sown in a bed of hght, or 
rather sandy soil, and the plants pricked out when large enough 
into a nursery-bed, from whence they may be transplanted with 
compact balls of earth about their roots, in the early part of 
autumn, into the places where they are to flower. When the 
plants live over to a second year, they are larger ; hut in gene- 
ral the one-year-old plants are preferable. The double varieties 
are increased by cuttings, planted xmder a hand-glass in sandy 
earth, about May or June, and are best potted and protected 
through the winter m cold frames, though sometimes esta- 
blished plants will sur\ive the -winter if exposed. C. alpinus 
and C, ochrolcucits are two pretty dwarf plants, with pale yellow 
flowers in April and June, suitable for rock-work or small beds, 
or the front parts of borders, quite hardy and increased by 
cuttings. G. mutahilis is a tall, rather straggling shrub, which 
has changeable pui'plish flowers, like a single Wall-flower, early 
in spring ; and requires the protection of a frame, or common 
cool green-house. 
There is an extended calendar of operations for the 
Flower Garden and Green-house ; and a very elaborate 
Index, descriptive of all the plants mentioned in the 
volume. The Handbook thus becomes a very useful 
book of reference, for those who take pleasure in the 
management and cultivation of their own plants and 
gardens. The original plan of the book seems to have 
included the shrubbery, which has, however, been but 
partially executed. — M. 
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 
New Syrian Apricot: Kaisha. — Fruit of this was 
sent to the Horticultui-al Society, on July 21, 1848, by 
J. "Warmington, Esq., of Kensington, accompanied by 
the following note : — " I take leave to send you a couple 
of Apricots from one of Mr. Barker's Syrian trees, which 
has borne, for the fii'st time, this year, and earned 
twelve fruits to matuiity — rather too many for its size. 
I know not if it possesses any advantages over the com- 
mon sort, but it certainly is caidy. Some of the fruits 
were ripe on the 12th of July; and, on the same wall 
where these ripened, were Mooi-park and Tui-key Apri- 
cots perfectly green and hard." The tree was sent to 
Mr. "Warmington, by John Bai-ker, Esq., from his gar- 
den at Betias, near Suedia, in the PachaHck of Aleppo, 
where he states, there exist thirteen varieties of Apri- 
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