Horticultural register, and gardener's magazine . too close. Towards the end of the month, or when the bloom isover, and the fruit is set, if the weeds have made much progress theyshould be extirpated by the most convenient means, by the hoe, theplough, cultivator, or otherwise. Young vines of one two or three years growth, should now becarefully tied to the poles placed for their support, and never sufferedto trail about on the surface of the earth; the ground must be keptperfectly free from weeds, as these would rob the plants of a greatportion of their nourishment, and exhaust the ground to
Horticultural register, and gardener's magazine . too close. Towards the end of the month, or when the bloom isover, and the fruit is set, if the weeds have made much progress theyshould be extirpated by the most convenient means, by the hoe, theplough, cultivator, or otherwise. Young vines of one two or three years growth, should now becarefully tied to the poles placed for their support, and never sufferedto trail about on the surface of the earth; the ground must be keptperfectly free from weeds, as these would rob the plants of a greatportion of their nourishment, and exhaust the ground to no purpose.* The Nursery. — Most kinds of evergreens and deciduous treesand shrubs may now be propagated by laying the present years shoots;being soft and tender, they will emit roots much more freely than theolder wood ; and several sorts that would not root for two years if laidin the spring or autumn, by this method, will be well rooted the au-tumn twelve months after laying, and many kinds before the * MMahon. t lb. TRILLIUM PICTITM tr- Ihe HorliiuUtural HeijUiter rrn<UetmX LitJt Boston THE GARDENERS MAGAZINE. JULY 1, 1835. TRILLIUM PICTUM of Pcrsh. Erythrocarpdm of of JVildenov} and Elliott. For the plant from which the figure on the other side was taken,we are indebted to our valuable correspondent, Mr Joseph Breck,of the Horticultural Garden at Lancaster, who gathered it somewherein the vicinity of that town ; and we think a discerning public willbe pleased at our occasionally making them better acquainted withsome of the beautiful native ornaments of American scenery. This flower belongs to the class Hexandria trigynia (six stamens,three pistils) of Linnaeus, and to Smilaceae of the Natural System,and has received its name, Trillium, from trilix, triple, as it possesses Three styles; Three petals (leaves of the flower) ; Three sepals (leaves of the calyx); Three leaves on the stem. It has not hitherto been discovered in an
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