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These layers will, the succeeding season, make 

 strong plants, and although they will not give the 

 same profusion of bloom as their seedling parents, 

 my experience is that they do better than plants which 

 come from a strain that has been propagated from 



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layers for a greater number of years. Now, I do 

 not for one moment mean to say that it is wise to 

 neglect the many excellent old border varieties, but 

 supplement the collection with a few seedlings, and 

 I feel sure that you will never regret the little care 

 and attention bestowed upon them. 



Cuttings 



If one wishes to strike as cuttings any of the growth 

 that it has not been possible to layer, prepare a bed 



