. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. the golden or variegated forms of Taxus, Ciipressus, Thujopsis,Ac, are generally reproduced by grafting on stocks of their respectivegrecn-leaved or normal kinds. Seedlings form the best stocks, butwhere they are not at command, cuttings njay be substituted. Thecommon Larch forms a good stock for the Deodar, as does also Cedrusatlantica. The fertilisation of Yews and Cypresses is very appears that a drop of clear mucilage is exuded from the orifice atthe top of the ovule or young seed of these plants.
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. the golden or variegated forms of Taxus, Ciipressus, Thujopsis,Ac, are generally reproduced by grafting on stocks of their respectivegrecn-leaved or normal kinds. Seedlings form the best stocks, butwhere they are not at command, cuttings njay be substituted. Thecommon Larch forms a good stock for the Deodar, as does also Cedrusatlantica. The fertilisation of Yews and Cypresses is very appears that a drop of clear mucilage is exuded from the orifice atthe top of the ovule or young seed of these plants. The pollen grainsfall ou this mucilage, which retains them, and both mucilage andpollen tubes are absorbed into the interior of the ovule. Vaucherlong since pointed out this fact; and his Histoire Physiologique desPlantes dEurope contains much valuable information of peculiarinterest to the intelligent propagator and hybridiser. Every one whoraises Conifers from either home-grown or imported seeds is wellaware of the diversity of colour and habit which the seedling plants. Herbaceous Scion. assume. This is particularly observable in the Lawson Cypress ; butFirs, Wellingtonias, Araucarias, and Piceas show the variation in ascarcely less marked degree; and many of the most beautiful formsof Yews, Firs, Cypresses, and Thujas have been originally eithernatural variations selected from the seed bed, or sports perpetuatedby grafting the variegated branches on a plant of the green or normalform of the species as a stock. Up to the present time, I believe Inm right in saying that we have no hybrid Conifers—that is, nogarden hybrids raised by artificial fertilisation ; for there can be butlittle doubt that Conifers, being mostly gregarious and furnished withsuch ample supplies of easily-wafted pollen, are often cross-fertilisedor even hybridised in a state of nature; another point in favour ofthis cross-fertilising process having taken place is tbat imported seedsproduce such a diver
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