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month from cuttings; they strike easily in a sandy soil under a bell-glass, if kept shaded and moist.

Petunias, if the colours be properly arranged, have a fine effect, either on banks, pegged closely down, or in masses, staked up in the centre, and pegged round the edges.

Roses may be budded towards the end of this month; this operation is an interesting one, and is performed as follows: Choose a healthy, well-grown shoot, and at a good position for a bud make a cross cut in the bark, and from the centre of which draw the knife downwards longitudinally, taking care not to penetrate deeper than the inner bark; if the stock is in a proper state for budding, the edges of this T-shaped wound may be easily raised; this completed, choose a healthy full-grown bud of the kind to be budded, and with a very sharp knife pare it off, with a small portion of the wood, in the shape of a shield; and after carefully separating it from

the wood without injuring the base of the bud, push the latter below the bark, by introducing its lower When it has been pushed end at the cross-cut. down nearly its length, the upper end of the bud may be cut off, so as to fit the upper side of the cross-cut exactly. The bud is then secured, by tying it closely with bass or worsted; and some recommend a coating of clay and cow-dug, to exclude the air. Unless the bark rises freely from the stock, it is not in a good state for budding.

Roses, says our informant, not easily raised from cuttings, may be layered this month, in the same manner as carnations. In making cuttings, each should have one or two leaf-buds, and a small portion of old wood attached to it; but a flower-bud must never be suffered to remain. Strip off all the leaves but one or two, and plant in a light soil, with a good watering; shade with inverted pots, or a hand-glass, and keep moist.

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POETRY accepted, with thanks.--"The Japanese Bridal Veil."-" The Bark's Return."

Declined, with the Editor's Compliments. "Women of England." The intention of this poem

is better than its execution.

"Lines," by Mill.-This writer's thoughts are so good, that we regret her verses are not smoother; the metre she has chosen is an unpleasant one. In another form, the idea might be condensed, and would be strengthened by the operation. Our correspondent must be careful to write only on one side of the paper, and to remember that our journal is not adapted for the reception of serious poetry.

"The Land that is far Away."-These verses come under the character of the above, and would be more suitable to a religious publication than to our pages.

The "Hair Bracelet."- Wanting in rhythm, metre, and versification. If our correspondent has read, as she tells us, "most of the poets, ancient and modern, of our own land, as well as a few of other countries," their beauties must be familiar to her, and she has but to cultivate in her own writings the graces she perceives in theirs. The power to rhyme does not include that of writing poetry. Our friend with the spotless name has a great many obstacles to overcome before she acquires even respectability in composition.

"The "Lone House in the Fields" evidences ideas and feelings of a poetic nature; but the writer must express herself more clearly before we venture to place it before our readers. What is meant in these lines?

"The ivy covered ruin's deadly hand

Wreathing the end, that long had tottered down." and the end being down, one would think there was Whose is the deadly hand, the ivy's or the ruin's? naturally an end of it. Our fair correspondent must not mistake the spirit of our criticism: she will see what we mean, and endeavour to correct it. We answered her first communication last month, and as Eleanor Fanny's mamma is a subscriber to the Ladies' Companion, we are surprised she did not observe it in our answers to correspondents. Mrs.

Loudon does not now conduct the Ladies' Companion.

Where private answers are required, we must refer our correspondents to our rule. If they have not sufficient interest in the matter to abide by it, we are at least blameless of their disappointment.

ERRATUM.-In last month's Part, at page 233, 2nd col., 26th line from bottom, for "topsy" read "topaz.”

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