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ON PLANTING TREES. 
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most interesting style of gardening, to which the name of subtropical is 
applied. Mr. Eobinson, who writes from experience both of English and 
French gardens, recommends the following as being especially desirable:— 
S. robustum 
S. marginatum 
S. crinipes 
S. crinatum 
S. hypoleucum 
S. Warscewiczii 
S. macrantbum 
S. macrophyllum 
S. callicarpum 
S. quitoense 
Most of these plants grow freely from cuttings ; as a rule they require 
hothouse treatment in winter, and in summer to he planted out in light 
rich soil, in a warm position, with perfect shelter. S. robustum with its 
felt of rusty hairs, and the bold outline of its leaves, becomes under such 
circumstances a noble and effective plant. M. 
ON PLANTING TREES. 
’BEE-PLANTING has a direct interest for all who take delight 
in horticultural pursuits generally; and in so far as it applies to 
the transplanting of fruit trees, for the readers of the Florist and 
Pomologist in particular. Hence a few remarks on the subject may 
not, at this season, be out of place. 
There are a variety of opinions as to what is the best or the proper time 
of the year for performing this operation. Some boldly advocate spring¬ 
planting, whilst others go wholly for autumn and early winter work; and 
with these latter I entirely agree. Perhaps there never was a season when 
the system of spring planting was put more thoroughly to the test, than during 
the past excessively hot and arid summer; and those who advocate late 
planting may justly demand a larger share of consideration from those who 
disagree with them, after such very exceptional weather. Still I ask, when 
so much is to be lost, where is the gain of planting so late ? 
Many are bound through *a. variety of causes to plant late, and amongst 
these are nurserymen in general. But this is not their fault. They constantly 
advocate autumn planting; but if cultivators will not send in their orders 
till the latest moment, who is to blame? Certainly not the nurserymen, as 
they have to defer many an essential operation, until they can make their 
intended summer arrangements, with something like the assurance that no 
further large demands will be made upon their stock. 
November has again arrived, and I advise that everything possible in 
the way of tree-planting should be set about earnestly. Let it be con¬ 
sidered the planting month of the year ; and this because the loss of trees 
caused through the process of transplanting, is due mainly to excessive 
evaporation or loss of sap—that vital moisture which maintains and 
nourishes their every extremity—without an equivalent supply from the 
roots; and because November, being perhaps the dampest month of the 
