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Reviews and Exirncts. — Ilorticulfure^ 
from bad bearers, within the last 20 years, and which are the most prolific fruit- 
trees with which g-ardeners are acquainted: witness also, Mr. Knight’s Cherries, 
raised between the May Duke and the Graflion; and the Coe’s Plum, already 
mentioned. 
“It is, therefore, to the intermixture of the most valuable existing varieties of 
fruit, that gardeners should trust for the amelioration of their stock. By this 
operation, the Pears that are in eating in the spring, have been rendered as deli¬ 
cious and as fertile, as those of the autumn ; and there is no apparent reason why 
those very early but worthless sorts, such as the Muscat Robert, which usher in the 
season of Pears, should not be brought lo a similar state of perfection. 
“ There is no kind of fruit, however delicious, that may not bo deteriorated, 
or however worthless, that may not be ameliorated, by particular inodes of ma¬ 
nagement j so that after a given variety shall have been created, its merits may 
still he either elicited or-destroyed by the cultivator. 
(to be continded.) 
2.—Gardener’s Magazine; Edited by J. C. IiOUdon, F.L.8. &c. 
Published every two months, price 3s.6d. 
No. 33, FOR August. 
This number contains little useful information, 36 of its pages are filled with 
an account of the “General Results of a Gardening Tour, made by the Con¬ 
ductor, last May and June,” which are of no general interest j however we will 
extract— ' 
Page 456.—Article 10.— On the Culture and Propagation of the Erythrina 
Crista Gain, Erythrina Laurifolia, and Chrysdnthemum Sinense, By Mr. J. 
Elles, Palace Gardens, Armagh. 
As soon as the plants of the Erythrina huve done flowering, (or even plants that 
have not flowered at all, hut have ripened their wood tolerably well, will answer 
the same purpose,) cut them down, and make as many cuttings of the stems, as 
there are buds, preserving, if possible, the leaf, or rather the three leaves, to each 
hud, and if the buds are opposite each other, as is sometimes the case, the stem 
may he split, if near the bottom, where the wood is hard and well ripened ; for this 
part of the stem will root, even without the assistance of the foliage. Indeed Mr. 
Ell es has found that the top and bottom, that is, the hardest and softest parts of the 
stem, root more readily than that which is in an intermediate state; but the ripest 
wood is best. Having prepared the cuttings, plant them separately in small pots, 
with the eye or bud just below the surface of the mould, which should be light 
and sandy, the piece of the stem which forms the cutting being laid flat; then 
immediately place them under a hand light, on a strong bottom heat, so that the 
heat under the glass may range from 75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, shading re¬ 
gularly when the sun is likely to scorch them, or dry up the moisture; for they 
should he kept constantly well watered. In three weeks jhey will he rooted, 
when they may be gradually hardened, till they will bear a shady part of the stove. 
Thus, from every single stem, no less than from 20 to 30 plants may be annually 
raised; and if the flowering' plants are forced, so as to make them flower twice a 
year, double that number may be obtained. 
To obtain \ery dwarf plants of the Crysanthcnunn Sinense, he has occasionally 
practised the following method :—On the 1st of August, the points of the strongest 
shoots were taken oft' at a joint, about three or four inches in length ; not a leaf 
