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then cut the scion wedge-shaped, place it in the incision of the 
stock, letting the bark of the stock and that of the scion meet 
on one side, or if on both the better ; then with some wet bast 
bind up rather tightly the dissevered bark enclosing the scion, 
and the job is done. Two three or more may be placed on one 
stock, which will then form fine bushy plants in a short time. 
They should be placed in some warm moist pit or house. The 
place I select for that purpose is under hand glasses in the tan- 
pit of a vinery. The heads of the stocks should be reduced 
gradually as that of the grafts advance in size. Large plants 
may be worked in the manner here pointed out, by studding 
them all over with one or more kinds. I can scarcely imagine 
a more beautiful object than a large plant would be with the 
first three under-mentioned kinds in bloom at one time. The 
following are a few of the best sorts for grafting: — Azalea va - 
riegata , Gledstanesii , lateritia , Conslantia, Greenii, amabilis, and 
carminata. I am well aware that the practice here described is 
known and followed by many gardeners ; but believing it is not 
so well known as it ought to be, is my reason for troubling you 
with these remarks. E. A. Hamp. 
South Lambeth. 
ON THE CULTURE OF CINERARIAS. 
In few plants are so much interest combined with easy manage¬ 
ment to be found as in the varied members of the genus Cine¬ 
raria, lasting, as they do, in bloom for such a length of time, and 
producing such a variety of colour. The greenhouse, or even 
the windows of the amateur’s sitting-room, may be made attrac¬ 
tive through a great part of the winter and all the spring months 
by the brilliancy of these interesting objects. They are in¬ 
creased either by means of seed or cuttings. If the former 
mode is pursued, the seed should be sown in small pans as soon 
as it is collected; the soil most appropriate for the germination 
of the seed is a mixture of loam and leaf mould in equal parts, 
adding a good portion of silver sand. The pans should be placed 
