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beautifully in March. Turban ranunculuses also, if potted now 
and kept in a cold pit, render some assistance. The beautiful 
Andromeda jloribunda and Ledum palustre should always be in¬ 
cluded in the list of forcing shrubs ; dwarf plants of the double¬ 
blossom cherry and almond afford a profusion of lively-coloured 
flowers, and may be had at any early season; nor should the 
brilliant Leonotis Leonurus be forgotten. Of course rhododen¬ 
drons, lilacs, kalmias, &c., are sure to be employed where forcing 
is carried on with the least spirit. Some of the low-growing 
campanulas, particularly fragilis and Barreherii , with a little 
management in autumn, may be induced to form a new growth 
at the beginning of winter, and will then form fine objects by 
February, supplying a colour which is otherwise deficient among 
forcing flowers. Many of the hardy herbaceous plants might, by 
throwing them into a partial rest at Midsummer, as would occur 
through the operation of taking up and potting, be afterwards 
grown gently onwards through the autumn and winter, and, with 
, the help of a little dry heat, be had in flower along with others 
more legitimately belonging to the class. Several of the Linums, 
for instance, are known to bear this treatment well. The same 
may be said of the Mimulus, the (Enothera, the Primula, the 
Silene, and several others. It seems, therefore, there is no lack 
of material for forming a grand display, and it only requires fur¬ 
ther the necessary conveniences and sufficient energy in the 
management to ensure it. 
liORTULANUS. 
BUDDING AND GRAFTING. 
These two operations, fundamentally alike, both in design 
and the result, are of incalculable importance in the preservation 
and improvement of all the races of what are called hard-wooded 
plants, and not a few in the class distinguished by the opposite 
term, soft-wood. The culturist who is alive to the value of the 
process, calls it to his aid in all cases of difficult increase, and 
not unfrequently with a view to improve by imparting additional 
vigour in some portion or other of the system of the subjects 
