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felt inclined to attribute it to some chance influence; but last 
year the same thing recurred, and the same results followed a 
similar method of management, and now I am daily expecting 
the reappearance of the buds of both denominations. They 
are not yet visible, and therefore I hope this may be in time to 
induce some one to try the matter this season. There is a 
saving of at least three weeks, and last year, when it was ex¬ 
tensively applied to the potted plants, the blossoms in nearly 
every case were almost twice as large as others on plants that 
had received the ordinary treatment. 
Wherever a few plants have been left without stopping, I 
would recommend it to be tried. The buds, it must be remem¬ 
bered, are very small at the time, and, being seated in the centre 
of the terminal cluster of leaves, may escape observation; but 
if the shoots are cleared away, they will speedily show them¬ 
selves, and then they engross all the supply of food that would 
otherwise go to the production of a useless length of wood and 
leaves. 
Last autumn was so fine, that Chrysanthemums bloomed 
everywhere; but it was not so in the previous year, and even 
last season those mentioned were in bloom full three weeks before 
the flowering became general. 
J. M‘Ivor. 
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN BOTANICAL 
DESCRIPTIONS. 
Propendent. Weeping ; pendulous towards the front. 
Prurient. Possessing the property of stinging. 
Pubescence. Soft downy hairs, lying close to the surface. 
Pulvinate. Resembling a cushion. 
Punctiform . Sharp-pointed ; shaped like a needle. 
Pungent. Sharp; acrid; stinging. 
Pustulate. Covered with little blisters, or warts. 
Pyriform. Pear-shaped. 
Quadrangular. Four-angled. 
