foot or fifteen inches, and put into the ground in the ordinary 

 way. The best time to do this is during the early spring or 

 early autumn months, when the soil is sufficiently moist to keep the 

 cuttings from wilting until root action begins. As soon as 

 the cuttings have taken root they will withstand any amount of dry 

 weather. Speaking generally, most species of the genera Rhagoilia 

 and Alnplc.v, also several species of (..'//<//<>/><><//// /// and Kochia, can be 

 readily multiplied by cuttings. The seeds of the different 

 species of A triplex, when mature and dry, are very light, 

 and it will take about twenty thousand of them to a pound. 

 The best time to* sow salt-bush seed is in early spring or 

 early autumn, when the ground is moist, but not wet. Under such 

 conditions the seed will germinate quickly, and the plants grow 

 rapidly. The seeds should be sown in patches (about half a dozen 

 seeds together) at distances of about ten yards for the tall-growing 

 kinds, and three yards for the dwarf-growing sorts, and from half 

 an inch to an inch deep. If the soil is of a strong, tenacious 

 character, the seeds should be covered with some light, decayed 

 vegetable matter, which will offer no impediment to the young 

 plants coming out of the soil. The seed can be put in with the aid 

 of a light hoe. It is not necessary to plough the land preparatory 

 to sowing the seed, as salt-bush spreads rapidly on most kinds of 

 soil, once the plants become established thereon, if protected 

 against cattle and sheep for a time. It should be mentioned that 

 to sow the seed broadcast on the land is bath an unsatisfactory and 

 expensive way of propagating salt-bush. Most of the seeds being 

 very light, it is a difficult matter to cover them when sown in this 

 way, and if left on the surface they would be blown away by the 

 wind. Following are the descriptions of those illustrations which 

 .accompany this chapter : 



A triplex cincrea (Poir. " Grey salt-bush.") A branching shrub, 

 which often attains a height of several feet, and is covered all over 

 with a white or grey scaly tomentum. Its leaves are oblong, or 

 lanceolate, and from one inch to two or more inches in length. 

 The plant is peculiar to the saline sands on the eastern, southern, 

 and western seaboards of the continent, and in some places is fairly 

 plentiful. The succulent stems and leaves make excellent forage 

 for cattle, which eat it with great avidity, and they seem to thrive 

 well on this herbage. This salt-bush is easily propagated both by 

 .seeds and cuttings. The latter should be made of the half ripened 

 wood and inserted in the soil in the ordinary way. The seeds can 

 be sown where the plants are intended to grow permanently, or in 

 prepared beds, and when the seedlings are large enough to handle 

 they can be transplanted to their permanent positions. 



Atriplcx h(iIinioides(Lmdl. ".Salt-bush"). This is a procumbentor 

 diffuse undershrub, often attaining a height of one foot or more. 

 The whole plant has a glaucous or whitish appearance. Its leaves 

 are variable, but mostly ovate-lanceolate or rhomboidal, and from 



