LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Vll 



FIG. PAGE 



28. Prepared Carnation cutting - - - - - 71 



29. Carnation Pests : aphides (top) ; thrips (middle) ; red spider 



(bottom). All much enlarged - - - "73 



30. Imantophyllum cyrtanthiflorum - - - - - 75 



31. Lifting a layered Violet Runner with the trowel - - - 78 



32. Calycanthus floridus - - - - - - 80 



33. A clump of Lily-of-the- Valley Crowns ; also separate Crowns, 



three year, two year, and one year old - - - 82 



34. Osmanthus fragrans - - - - - -85 



35. Cotoneaster Simonsii - - - - - - 88 



36. Pernettya mucronata - - - - - - 90 



37. Skimmia japonica - - - - - - 92 



38. Achimenes in Hanging Basket - - - - - 95 



39. Cactus in Hanging Basket, the pot embedded in moss - - 96 



40. Fuchsia in Hanging Basket, the soil sloping from the sides 



towards the centre - - - - - - 98 



41. Maurandia in Hanging Basket, some of the shoots trained up the 



wires -------- 100 



42. Saxifraga sarmentosa (Mother-of-Thousands) in Hanging Basket loi 



43. Propagation of Cacti .--... 106 



A small cutting tied to a stick to hold it firmly in the soil 

 A grafted plant 



44. Agave americana ------- 107 



45. Cereus flagelliformis (Rat's-Tail Cactus) - - . - loS 



46. Echeveria (Cotyledon), with offsets, which can be planted 



separately ; also a leaf cutting .... 109 



47. Mammillaria dolichocentra - - - - - 1 1 1 



48. Mesembryanthemums : M. testiciilaiiim (above) ; and J/, densitni 



(below) - - - - - - - 112 



49. Sempervivums - - - - - - - 1^3 



.S'. califoniicuni 

 S. arachiioideum 



50. Renovating a Dracaena (Cordyline) - - - - 116 



51. Begonia Rex - - - - - - - 119 



52. Cordyline - - - - - - - 121 



53. Renovating the top of an Aralia {Fai si a japonica)^ the stem and 



roots divided to make cuttings - - - - 123 



54. Grevillea robusta - - - - - - - 125 



55. Pandanus candelabrum variegatum .... 127 



56. Corm, Tuber, and Rhizome - - - - - 130 



57. Lily Bulb, with two sets of roots - .... i^j 



58. Hyacinth Bulb in water .---.. 133 



59. Pricking out seedling Begonias, lifting them with a notched 



match, and making holes for them with a pointed one - 135 



60. Cyclamen in pot, the corm partly above the soil - - - '^yj 



61. Rhyzomatous Irises ...... i^j 



62. Richardia, with offset, which can be cut off and planted 



separately ---.... -i^-^ 



63. Window Box, with the rain falling outside it and leaving it 



quite dry - - - - - - - 147 



