4 SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST. 



BY GREEN WOOD CUTTINGS. This mode of propagating 

 the Barberry can only be practiced to advantage by those 

 who have propagating houses. The plants should be taken 

 up in the fall and potted, giving each plant sufficient soil 

 and room to insure a healthy growth. They may be placed 

 directly in the house or in frames or cellar until wanted. 

 When they are first potted the soil should be watered so 

 that it will settle about the roots and fill all interstice* 

 between them. 



When the plants have been placed in the house, and 

 have made a growth of two or three inches, the cuttings 

 may be taken off by severing the new-growing wood close 

 to the main stem ; place the cuttings in pots tilled with pure 

 sand, fifteen to twenty in a six inch pot, after which give 

 water to settle the sand about the cuttings ; then cover 

 with a bell glass, or place in frames within the house, as 

 usual with other green wood cuttings. 



Every experienced propagator will understand and know 

 how to treat the cuttings when they become rooted, and 

 those who are novices in these matters would do well to 

 practice a while upon plants less difficult to propagate, be- 

 fore trying the Barberry. 



BY BUDDING AND GRAFTING. The rare varieties are 

 sometimes worked upon the more common kinds, usually by 

 budding. The operation is performed just as soon as the 

 buds are fully developed on the young growth of the sea- 

 son, and in the same manner as upon the apple and similar 

 trees. Grafting is also performed in the usual manner, but 

 the cion should be inserted in the stock below the surface 

 so that all but the upper bud will be covered by the soil. 



BY LAYERS. The usual manner of making layers of othei 

 woody plants is applicable to the Barberry, but they will 

 seldom become well rooted the first season. Still they may 

 be severed from the parent plant in the autumn or early 

 spring ; the upper portions of the stems are cut ofi and 

 then they are treated the same as cuttings. 



