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and, by placinga sheet of glass over all, 
secure that digree of uniformity which is 
so desirable. 
All that is now necessary is a little 
patience, and a month or six weeks may 
elapse before any signs of new life are 
seen from the apices of the cuttings. 
First we see a swelling or callusing of 
the surface, and subsequently miniature 
protuberances that develop into shoots, 
the latter often appearing quite nume- 
- rously. So inuch so is this the case that in 
larger-rooted species of plants such as 
Anchussa italica and the Japanese Ane- 
mones, it has been found desirable to 
halve or even quarter the longitudinally 
before inserting them—a sort of multum 
in parvo method that possesses a greater 
value to the commerical than to the 
amateur. The most serviceable size of 
root is that about the equalzof a cedar- 
wood pencil for the largest, and say half 
that size for the smallest. This way the 
largest roots are secured to the plant. 
Though I have recommended covering 
the cuttings with a glass frame, care must 
be taken to ventilate now and again and 
to avoid that wet, stagnant condition 
which may give rise to decay rather than 
growth, Forcing by an excess of heat is 
injurious, and will merely produce the 
top shoots before the root-fibres are 
present to sustain life, Fleshy roots full 
of vitality are essential ; old roots that 
have become hard and wiry are usually 
valueless. The after-treatment of these 
root-cuttings, and when they shall have 
become little plants, is simply that given 
to small seedlings requiring to be 
‘individualised to produce the best results ; 
and when this is done the genial 
‘conditions of a frame or a greenhouse 
will be found highly beneficial. There 
need be no hurry to do this, however, 
and only when small leaves appear, giving 
evidence of activity at the root, should 
the work be taken in hand. A_ host of 
plants respond to this particular 
treatment, -but I have no intention of 
preparing an exhaustive list. A few of 
the » most important, however, are 
Anemone japonica, Anchusa, Gaillardia, 
Senecio pulcher, Primula (the roots of 
which are small), Stokesia, Eryngium, 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
FR. bruary, 1910 
Echinops, Statice and the perennial 
Poppy; none of which, save the Anemone. 
affords the least external evidi nce of an 
amenability to respond to a method of 
treatment which is as valuable to the 
gardener asit is interesting and instrucive 
to the student 
—‘ The Garden,’ 
A Day Dream in a Garden. 
[By Clement Antrobus Harris.] 
To start the bluebells rang a peal— 
A clanging, merry chime; 
And then a hornet played his horn, 
A beetle beating time. 
The prelude done, a lion came. 
Tom tried to run away, 
But Leo gently held a paw, 
. And seemed inclined to play ; 
And said: “ As turtles used for soup 
At dinner scrimmages 
Are only mock, I only eat 
Dolls, statues, images.” 
The play began, ‘Then came a bull, 
And tossed ‘I'om through the skies 
Where he was tortured by a host 
Of wings he’d torn from flies, 
> 
Straight up and up and up he went ;, 
Then down as deep or more; : 
Then round and rceund. He’d sat upon 
A see without a saw. 
He loudly screamed :“ Put on the drag!” 
“T won’t! Your not a waggon, ; 
Just look bebind,’ a harsh voice snarled 
He looked—rueEre WAS A DRAGON, 
Just then the lion ate him up, 
Explaining : ‘“‘ Dear Brother, 
Of course I eat a boy when he’s 
The image of his mother,” 
Inside him everything was scraps: 
A piece of Indian jungle: 
An eleph which had lost its ant; 
A carb without an uncle. 
A horrid sound now met his ears 
(He sometimes hears it now). 
“Tt comes,” he thought, “from scraps of 
dog— 
A bow without a wow, 
A pair of gloves came floating by 
Without a person to them, 
The fingers moved! He tried to scream, 
But couldn’t even ‘ boo” them ! 
He shut his eyes, tried not to see, 
When something clammy, cloddy, 
Soon made him FEEL a much worse 
thing— 
A worm without a body! 
— 
Just then a tiger sprang at him, 
Chockful of aunts and nieces, 
And said: “The lions eat hoys whole, 
But I tear them in pieces!” 
The tiger ate him bit by bit — 
‘lo finish him seemed loth, 
‘Then Leo ate the tiger whole! 
The dragon gulped them both. 
“Oh, wake me up!” he tried to ery, 
“Do wake me! Oh, ’m choking !” 
“ Impossible,” the worm replied ; 
You can’t awake at Woking,” 
Was he awake or was he not? 
He gave his knee a slap, 
And smashed the dragon into—petals: 
He thought it whispered “ snap.” 
4 fox he found had watched him for 
An hour, if not above one. 
It looked so sly ; then winked an eyo, 
And turned into a “ glove” one! 
A dog, which was « daisy one, 
Had bowed just for a Jark. 
It couldn’t “‘ wow,” because, of course, 
It’s stem had got no bark! 
He grasped a lily in his hand: 
Though not grown on the Niger, 
It whispered while he’d two winks left 
“T may have been the tiger.” 
The lion then confessed to him; 
Though single names are handy, 
My own is double-barrelled, and 
The front of it is dande-——” 
Quite wide-awake as he was now, 
*Twas useless to deny, 
y + . ‘§ 
Though no mad bull came rushing past, 
He saw a cow-slip by! 
A yellow flower touched his lips : 
He’d sipped its due, and so 
He hadu’t gained a Brrrer, but 
A BUTTER-cup Of Woe! 
—‘ London.” 
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