124 



PLANT BIOLOGY 



FIG. 162. OLD GERANIUM PLANT 

 CUT BACK TO MAKE IT THROW OUT 

 SHOOTS FROM WHICH CUTTINGS 

 CAN BE MADE. 



dow plants are those which 

 old. The geranium 

 and fuchsia cut- 

 tings which are 

 made in January, 

 February, or March 

 will give compact 

 blooming plants for 

 the next winter ; 

 and thereafter new 

 ones should take 

 their places (Fig. 



163). 



The Hardwood 

 Cutting. Best re- 

 sults with cuttings 

 of mature wood are 



It is not always easy to 

 find growing shoots from 

 which to make the cut- 

 tings. The best practice, 

 in that case, is to cut back 

 an old plant, then keep it 

 warm and well watered, 

 and thereby force it to throw 

 out new shoots. The old 

 geranium plant from the 

 window garden, or the one 

 taken up from the lawn 

 bed, may be treated this 

 way (see Fig. 162). The 

 t>est plants of geranium 

 and coleus and most win- 

 are not more than one year 



FIG. 163. EARLY WINTER GERANIUM, from 

 a spring cutting. 



