THE VARIOUS NEWER CONIFERS. 87 



The old wood causes them to strike better. The cuttings from 

 Coniferse will grow in almost any soil, but a loamy and cool subsoil 

 is best for bringing the trees to perfection. The varieties of 

 Retinospora make fine plants from cuttings, as also, those of yews 

 and Tliujopsis. Wellingtonias are reared better from cuttings than 

 grafts, but the variegated forms are commonly grafted on the 

 original species. Gedrus, Cephalotaxus, Cryptomeria, Daerydium, 

 Podocarpus, Prumnopitys elegans, and Pseudo Larix, with many of 

 the cypresses, can be propagated by cuttings. Of Conifers, not 

 already mentioned, the following may be propagated, either by cut- 

 tings or grafts — most kinds of junipers, the Libocedrus chilensis, 

 L. decurrens, Torreya grundis, T. taxifolia, and the white cedar. 



We have now seen how the different varieties of Conifers are 

 propagated from seeds, grafts, and cuttings ; and it may be repeated 

 that the first is the best mode of propagation where practicable, and 

 of the other two, rearing from cuttings is generally to be preferred 

 to that from grafts, for the latter often send out lateral instead of 

 upright leaders. 



