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THE FLORISTS JOURNAL. 
plant j its thriving in all sorts of soils, and in all sorts of aspects ; 
its freshness under the hottest sun, and its defiance of all shade 
and drip ;—these are beauties and qualities, which, for ages upon 
ages, have marked it out as the chosen plant for this very im¬ 
portant purpose. The box, to all its other excellent qualities, 
adds that of facility of propagation. You take up the plants when 
they are from three to six inches high, when they have great 
numbers of shoots coming from the same stem : you strip these 
shoots off, put them into the ground, to about the depth of two 
inches, or a little more ; fasten them well there, first with the 
hand, and then with the foot; clip them along at the top to 
within about two inches of the ground,—and you have a Box¬ 
edging at once. 
To plant the Box some care must be taken. The edging ought 
to be planted as soon as the gravel walks are formed. The box 
ought to be placed perpendicularly, and in a very straight line 
close to the gravel, and v/ith no earth at all between it and the 
gravel. It ought to stand, when planted and cut off, about four 
inches high; and the earth in the borders or plats ought to be 
pushed back a little, and kept back for the first year, to prevent 
it from being washed over the walks. When the edging arrives 
at its proper height, it will stand about seven inches high on the 
gravel side, and will be about three inches higher than the earth 
in the border, and will act like a little wall to keep the earth out of 
the walks, which, to say nothing of the difference in the look, it 
will do as effectually as brick or boards, or any thing else, however 
solid. The edging ought to be clipped in the winter, or very 
early in the spring, on both the sides and at the top : a line ought 
to be used to regulate the movement of the shears. It ought to 
be clipped again, in the same manner, just about Midsummer ; 
and if there be a more neat and beautiful thing than this in the 
world, all I can say is, that I never saw that thing .— English 
Gardener. 
NEW STANHOPEA. 
Sir, —There is a new Stanhopea , that lias just flowered. I 
wish to have it published along with the rest, so as to render the 
list as complete as possible. 
