SEPTEMBER* 169 



THE SHRUBBERY. 



Plant cuttings of Chinese Roses and other flow- 

 ering shrubs as soon as the wood has ripened ; also 

 plant cuttings of Evergreens, taking care to water 

 and shade them if necessary. Always make your 

 cut (when taking cuttings from the same year's 

 wood) straight across the bottom of the joint, as they 

 are found to strike more freely from the lower end : 

 propagation by slipping is as good, if not a better 

 method. This is done by pulling with a smart 

 twitch (but not with such force as to hurt the parent 

 tree) the young shoot from the mother branch, so as 

 to draw with it the peel or joint inserted in it. 



When putting down the cuttings, strip the leaves 

 from the lower part, about one half of the length, 

 and stick them in earth, pressing it firmly either 

 with the foot or setting stick. 



TRANSPLANTING EVERGREENS. 



This is evidently the best month for transplanting 

 in sandy and other absorbent soils, hardy shrubs 

 and Evergreens, and early ripening deciduous shrubs, 

 as Roses ; but all the deciduous kinds, however, 

 should not be moved yet, as some of them require 

 more time to terminate their annual growth. 



Water them well after removal, and stake them. 

 You may now propagate shrubs by layers. 



PRINCIPAL HERBACEOUS PLANTS IN FLOWER. 

 German and China Asters, Liatris, Celsie, Che- 

 lone, Golden Rod, Colchicum, African and French 

 Marygolds, Saffron Crocus, Coreopsis tinctoria, 

 Epilobium, Dodonea, Rudbeckias, Dahlias, Cycla- 

 mens, Lobelia fulgens, Belladonna Lily, &c. 



