Sept. 

 1-15 



THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Dracaenas. — The Dracaena is one of the most popular 

 of foliage plants for warm houses, and is very handsome 



when well grown. Now 

 is a good time to repot 

 plants which need it. 

 Moreover, the tops of 

 long, overgrown plants 

 may be taken off, in- 

 serted in small pots, and 

 struck in a warm, moist 

 propagator. 



Dividing Pinks. — I 

 spoke of the propagation 

 of Pinks by pipings in an 

 early chapter. If desired, 

 large plants of the free- 

 growing varieties can be 

 increased by division. The 

 clumps can be pulled into 

 several pieces, each with 

 roots attached, andplanted 

 separately. 



Striking Rose Cuttings. 

 — The propagation of 

 Roses by budding was dealt with in Chapter VII., and it 

 was stated that although a good many Roses are budded 

 on to standard Briers taken from the hedges, still more — 

 especially in the nurseries — are budded on to dwarf 

 Brier stocks which were raised from cuttings. This 

 may have suggested the question : " If Brier cuttings 

 can be struck, why not Rose cuttings ? Why make 

 two operations, the first the propagation of the Brier, 

 the second that of budding the Rose on to it, when one 

 will do ? " Roses may be struck from cuttings, but 

 330 



Fig. 70.— Striking the Top of a 

 Dracaena. 



a. The top of the plant and the point 

 where it should be cut off. 



h. The top tied loosely. 



c. Sand placed around the base of the 

 cutting in a deep, narrow pot. 



