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Title: The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste
Year: 1846 (1840s)
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Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : Luthur Tucker
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; pot them into two-inch pots,and place them under glass a few days. When the roots begin to fill the pots, they canthen be put into four-iuch or flowering pots. For the last potting, add one eighth charcoaldust to the soil.—Rural New Yorker. How to Layer a Hose. So. J. tells her lady readers how to do this nicely : To layer a rose, the soil must• be well stirred up about the roots; then choose a strong shoot, strip ofi a few leaves,and cut about half an inch through the stem, just below an eye, making the cut in a slant-ing direction. Press the shoot where it is cut firmly into the ground, fastening it two orthree inches below the surface with a forked stick, and cover it with earth. The Chineseare famous cultivators of roses ; they select a vigorous shoot at the commencement ofAugust, and cut a slit as directed above; a pebble is placed in the cleft to keep it open,and a handful of fresh green moss is tied around the eye; this is kept constantly moist. £Ja7^ly Single Tulip. 303
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Early Single Tulip. 304 jFlorictiUural JVbfes. Roots soon shoot forth into the moss, and the layer can be removed to another location, orpotted without removing the moss, and it will make some growth that year. The mossmust be planted in the earth when it is applied to the layer, and be kept moist by dailywaterings. This is a surer method of layering rare roses than the one first alluded to. Of late years the slug has made the culture of roses a disagreeable occupation, anddeprived them of all the beauty of their foliage. Skeleton leaves, thus produced, are notdesirable. Air-slacked lime is a sure antidote against their ravages. Scatter it in themorning while the dew is on the bush, and they will vamose the ranch. It is the earlybird that catches the worm,^ and it must be sprinkled early if good results are desired. Apinch of salt will also silence them effectually. How to Make Japan Lilies Succeed. A CORRESPONDENT of the Michigan Farmer^ who had some unfavorable experiencein the cult

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