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as recommended for small plants it will speedily form roots; 
indeed a single leaf will strike and become a plant, but it is 
rather a slow process. There is, however, one point in its ma¬ 
nagement I would particularly mention, as being of the first 
consequence. In by far the greater number of places where it 
is grown I have observed it to be constantly covered with such 
attention that one might be led to suppose it would not bear a 
breath of fresh air to come near it: this, from experience, I 
pronounce to be erroneous ; so far from receiving injury from 
such a cause, the plant is as much invigorated by the admission 
of air in fine weather as any other plant in the same house ; in 
short, to grow it well it is only requisite to assimilate its treat¬ 
ment to that of the plants grown with it in a damp stove: 
neither would I recommend it to be kept standing in water as 
is sometimes done, believing it to be, if not hurtful, at least 
unnecessary, it only requiring to be constantly moist and 
nothing more. 
W. Hunt. 
LITERARY NOTICES. 
The Gardeners Almanack for 1844, by G.W. Johnson, Esq., 
London Company of Stationers. 
Beside the usual calendarial matter of an almanack, we have, 
in this of Mr. Johnson’s, an immense mass of information de¬ 
rived from a number of sources. That it is a most useful com¬ 
pilation we cannot for a moment withhold our consent; but we 
must qualify our approbation of the entire work, by a deserved 
compliment to the editor. We greatly prefer the original por¬ 
tion to any thing we can find in the extracts. The attempted 
synchronical arrangement of the calendar of operations is well 
worthy the attention it requires to carry it out; and the re¬ 
marks and statistics on the subject of manures are exceedingly 
useful: we esteem this the best part of the work. It is well 
got up, and contains 96 closely printed pages. 
The Garden Almanack and Florist’s Directory , by G. Glenny, 
F. H. S., London, Groombridge, Paternoster Row. 
There cannot be a greater difference in any two almanacks 
than exists in these, though professedly on the same subject. 
Much useful information is here conveyed to the amateur in a 
