NOTES ON THE CULTIVATION OF SUMMER AND AUTUMN PEAS. 
gives them, upon a ■well-grown specimen, a very interesting appearance. Tliis plant is very readily 
propagated by cuttings of the yoimg wood, put in sandy soil, and plunged in a gentle heat. They strike 
the most readily, when in a growing state, early in spring, but they may also be rooted in the autumn. 
After the cuttings are rooted pot them, for the sake of getting large plants quickly, three plants into a 
large 60-sized pot, using a compost consisting of tui'ly loam, leaf mould, and peat, in about equal pro- 
portions, adding sufficient gritty sand to make the whole open and porous. Keep the plants in a 
moist, growing atmosphere ; and, after they are thoroughly estabhshed, and progress in growth, stop 
the side shoots regularly to promote a compact growth. K the cuttings are rooted early, and kept 
growing vigorously afterwards, being shifted into larger pots as they require it, they will, by June, 
make plants either for vases or for simple decorative purposes, and will be found exceedingly interest- 
ing. As young plants make the best specimens, it is not worth while to keep the old plants except for 
stock. 
Sedum SiebokUi. — How rarely we meet with well-grown specimens of this very interesting plant ! 
Yet, what a very pretty thing it is when properly grown. Oui- common enemies the snails, however, 
have great affection for it, devouring it with greediness, \mless protected, and hence the reason, 
in some measui-e, why it is so little seen. Cultivated as a pot plant, and, more especially, when grown, 
year after year, into a large specimen, it is a remarkably interestiag autumn-blooming plant, remaining 
in perfection for a considerable time, and having a very graceful appearance. It is a native of Japan, 
and was first brought into cultivation in 1838. It is propagated freely, either by cuttings, or by divi- 
sion of the plant. The best time to di'^dde them is in the spring, when the plants first begin to grow, 
and cuttings may be rooted when they are an inch or two long. Supposing you have strong estabhshed 
plants, the best method vsdll be to shift them, about the end of March, using turfy sandy loam, and 
leaf mould, in about equal proportions, with plenty of gritty sand, and some charcoal broken small. 
If the plants are strong, give them a hberal shift, say into a pot two sizes larger, disengaging the roots 
from the sides of the ball at the time of shifting ; and, if the plants grow vigorously, they will require 
a second shift in the coui'se of the season. Keep the plants in a frame, or the greenhouse, and in a 
situation inaccessible to snails. A little weak liquid manm-e will be found useful throughout the 
season, especially when the plants are in fall growth. When the flowers begin to show colour, expose 
them to the full sun, and remove to the vases if the weather is sxdtable. After blooming cut the old 
stems away, and keep the plants in a comparatively dormant state thi'ough the winter. The old plants 
should not be reduced in size, but should have the ball reduced every spring, and be kept gro'sving 
on year after year. — A. 
NOTES ON THE CULTIVATION OF SUMMER AND AUTUMN PEAS. 
By Mb. P. BENISON, Gakdener to John AKOEnsTEm, Esq., Woodlands, Blackheath. 
fOR the supply of a gentleman's family few things are more in request than good autiunn Peas, and 
yet how rai'e an occurrence it is to see a good crop late in the season ! And why is this ? Simply 
because we do not provide the means of insuring a successful result ; but sow them as we do the 
spring crops, trusting to Providence for a favom-able result, but doing comparatively nothing om'selves 
to promote a successful issue. It is true there are some soils more suitable to Pea cultivation than 
others, and it is equall}' well known that a soil suitable for early spring crops, rarely produced good 
Peas late in the season, and hence upon a soil natm-ally light, porous, warm, and early, means must be 
taken to render it as cold as possible to ensure good late crops. 
At this place, the garden slopes to the east, and is a poor sandy loam resting on sand or gravel, and 
though we get fine early crops, a good summer or autumn crop, without considerable preparation and 
attention, is a matter of great doubt. To remedy this, I make it a rule to manm'e and trench the Pea 
gi-ound two or three spades deep, leaving it rough at the sm-face until the time of sowing. I think 
I hear some one saying, " What ! manure ground for Peas ?" Yes, we manm-e it, and not only that, we 
prepare for each row of Peas a trench, and manure it as we would for a crop of celery, giving it at 
the time a good dressing of cow-dung if it can be procured, and if not, five or six inches deep of well- 
decayed hot-bed dvmg. For hght soils, cow-dung in a fi'csh state is the best manure, but upon 
heavy cold soils horse-dung will be found preferable. For early crops we do not find it necessary to 
make any particulai- preparation ; but later in the season, and for summer crops, without it we should 
not succeed at all. 
Om- mode of procedm-e is as follows : — When the ground becomes vacant it is manured and 
trenched in the ordinary way, and when the tune arrives for sowing the crop, a trench nine inches 
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