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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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dry weather, to encourage them to grow into size, so as to be good strong plants 
by the time they are planted out for blooming in the autumn. The seed should 
be sown in early summer, as soon as gathered from the flowers. 
The bed in which they are to be planted should be deeply dug, and well 
dressed with plenty of leaf-mould ; and the seedlings planted out in lines 6 in. 
apart, and the plants 3 in. apart in the line. They will flower in early spring, 
and any good varieties that it may be desirable to propagate should be marked 
and preserved for the purpose. 
The Daisy can be plentifully propagated by division of the roots, either in 
early spring, or in August and September, and the divided parts should be planted 
in a rich soil, on a shady, cool border, and flrmly trodden into the ground. Here 
they readily make root, and soon grow into fine strong plants. There is nothing 
like strong, well-established plants, to go out in the flower-beds in autumn, as 
they are certain to bloom early, which is a great advantage. Let any one, who 
is not already acquainted with the value as decorative agents of the many 
varieties of Daisies, make an attempt at planting them in his garden for winter 
a\id spring blooming. I assure him in all truth that he will be greatly delighted 
with their effective service. 
By the first week in October, his summer bedding-plants will have ceased to 
display their charms; he should then dig the beds, beating the soil flnely, and 
mingling with it plenty of leaf-mould, and then plant the Daisies in masses, 
clumps, or lines, according to their colours, as he thinks best. The green tufted 
plants give the beds quite a furnished appearance during winter, and by the first 
week in March they begin to put forth their flowers, and they light up the garden 
with a quiet pleasant beauty, peculiarly their own. In May, when lifted to make 
room for the summer bedding-plants, the roots can be divided, and planted as 
before recommended, for use the following autumn.— Eichaed Dean, Ealing. 
LIGUSTEUM CORIACEUM. 
[NE of the most distinct-looking of evergreen shrubs, remarkable no less for 
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its dwarf habit and dense growth, than for the thick leathery texture of 
its short blunt leaves. It is a native of Japan, and was introduced to this 
country'by Mr. Fortune, probably about 1861, as we. And it offered, 
apparently for the first time, by Messrs. Standish and Co., of Ascot, in 1868, and 
as it is a slow-growing plant, no doubt the interval had been employed in working 
up a stock. The late Mr. Standish observes that “ it is the gem of low-growing 
evergreens,” and that “the leaves are so thick and glossy, that it will do 
admirably for London gardens.’^ 
The plant, which is quite hardy in our climate, forms a compact, dense, dwarf, 
evergreen shrub, attaining about 5 ft. in height, branched from the base, the branches 
numerous and erect. The persistent leaves are somewhat decussate, very closely 
set, remarkably coriaceous, shortly oval or suborbicular, sometimes subcordiform, 
everywhere glabrous, of a very deep green colour above, paler and glaucescent 
