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PRACTICE OF GARDENING. 



Part III. 



JUNE. 



6622. Propagation. The method universally applicable is that by cuttings ; but a 

 few sorts, which are very difficult to strike, are sometimes layered, grafted, or inarched, 

 and a number are raised from seeds. 



6623. Many green-house plants bring their seeds to perfection in this country ; at whatever time these 

 ripen, unless before midsummer, it is best to keep them till the following February. Sown at that season 

 they soon vegetate, and make strong plants before winter. The pots should be well drained, filled with 

 mould suitable to the species to be sown, and the surface covered with mould of the finest quality, as a 

 bed for the seeds. Several kinds may be sown in a pot, where the quantity of seed is not great, or its 

 quality doubtful ; cover with the same fine mould, according to the size of the seeds, and then give a 



