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time, the first week in August, choose from amongst the young growths 
of the current season, formed upon old-established plants, any having 
strong, well-matured wood; cut them olf at least three joints from the top, 
though the exact point should he determined upon according to the con¬ 
sistency or hardness of the wood generally. Make a clean cut, not too 
close to the lower joint, remove the lower pair of leaves only, and dry the 
wounds a little by placing them for a few minutes in dry silver sand. 
Having prepared small 60-sized pots by filling them with a compost formed 
of one part each of peat and leaf mould to two of silver sand, form a hole 
in the centre, place a pinch of silver sand therein, and into this the cutting, 
pressing the soil firmly round it, and well watering it in. 
The pot should then he plunged in a nice bottom heat of 70°, in a close, 
warm, well-shaded frame or pit for about ten days, or, indeed, until rooted. 
This they readily show by raising their heads and commencing to grow, 
when they require gradually inuring to the light and air. This done, shift 
them into a general admixture of peat, leaf mould, and sand, using 48-sized 
pots; place them close to the glass in an open airy situation, syringe fre¬ 
quently, and do not allow them to suffer for want of root-moisture. 
When divisional heads are needed, it is better to pinch a few back as 
soon as they have once begun growing, keeping them rather dry for a time 
until they have formed fresh breaks, when every encouragement should be 
given. To operate thus successfully, however, needs some amount of skill; 
hence, excepting under favourable conditions, I do not advise the operator to 
follow too extensively the suggestions here thrown out. 
j Digswell. W. Earley. 
OUE MONTHLY CHEONICLE. 
The Royal Horticultural Society’s 
Show at Bury.— The debut of the Royal 
Horticultural Society in the provinces has 
been, we are happy to chronicle, a decided 
success. The show itself was a great show, the 
merit of the exhibitions made it a good show, 
and the returns which flowed into the exche¬ 
quer rendered it a paying and profitable show, 
which latter, considering the unfavourable 
unsettled state of the weather, and the circum¬ 
stance of its being a first experiment, is most 
encouraging. The exhibition was held in the 
Yine fields belonging to the old Abbey, which 
is of historic interest. It was displayed under 
several tents, the first of which was Mr. 
Unite’s great circular tent, 90 feet in diameter, 
forming the reception-room, so to speak, lead¬ 
ing to the suite of tents beyond, which ex¬ 
tended to more than 200 yards in length. In 
this circular tent were a central stage, a broad 
pathway, and an exterior belt of plants set on 
the ground. Here were mostly arranged the 
large collections of stove and foliage plants, 
the hothouse Ferns, Palms, Arads, and such 
like subjects, contributed not only from the 
gardens of the vicinity, but many of them 
brought from Manchester and London. Lead¬ 
ing out of this, was a tent of some 300 feet in 
length, devoted to cut flowers, fruits, bouquets, 
and special prize subjects, requiring table 
space for their display. Parallel to this ran 
another tent, nearly 200 feet long, which was 
almost entirely filled with Pelargoniums, se¬ 
parated by a central line of Fuchsias. These 
were most effectively displayed on the ground 
—a mode of setting up all the larger kinds of 
exhibition plants 'which has many points of 
recommendation, inasmuch as the surface of 
the plant is seen instead of the side or the 
unsightly lower portion, which are brought 
directly into the line of vision when such 
plants are set up on elevated stages. Another 
tent of considerable size was devoted to im¬ 
plements ; others to a variety of subjects 
forming the smaller classes of the schedule; 
while of cottagers’ produce there was also a 
good display. 
Of all this vast amount of horticultural pro¬ 
duce there was scarcely anything to be ob¬ 
served below the average in point of merit, 
and very many even of the local productions 
were far above the average. Fuchsias and 
Pelargoniums are amongst the local produc¬ 
tions which evinced this high degree of excel¬ 
lence ; while of novel features, also well de¬ 
veloped by local exhibitors, may be mentioned 
the fine display of Bedding plants, a collection 
of which from Culford Hall, set up in neat, 
square, green-painted, wooden boxes, showed 
great merit in treatment and great taste in ar¬ 
rangement, and may be instanced as especially 
noteworthy in this new and interesting class. 
