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and keep in a frame until the following spring ; then place in 

 their flowering quarters. By young cuttings, set in spring, 

 in sandy soil. 



Abrus. Leguminosce. 



Propagated by seeds raised in heat or by cuttings under 

 a hand-glass, in sand. 



Abuta. Menispermace<c. 



Propagated by cuttings planted in a pot of sand, with a 

 hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 



Abutilon. Malvacece. 



Sow seeds in pans, with same soil and temperature as for 

 cuttings. By cuttings from young wood, at almost any 

 season ; the best time, however, is spring or fall. Insert 

 in pots, in a compost of equal parts peat, leaf mould, loam 

 and sand, and place in a temperature of 65 to 75. 



Acacia. Leguminosce. 



Propagate by seeds sown as soon as ripe, in sandy peat ; 

 about one-fourth inch deep, or a little more for large 

 seeds. Soak in hot water 24 hours if seeds are not fresh. 

 Keep temperature about 55 or 60 and pot off when large 

 enough to handle. By cuttings of the half-ripened wood, 

 put in with a heel, in equal parts peat and sand, covered 

 with pure sand. Insert the cuttings as soon as made ; water, 

 and leave them in the shade till dry. Place under a bell- 

 glass, shade and water to prevent flagging. Pot off when 

 rooted and keep in a close pit or house until the plants are 

 thoroughly established. A. pubescens and some others strike 

 readily from root cuttings. 



Acaena. Rosace<z. 



Propagated by seeds, divisions, creeping rootlets and 

 cuttings. 



Acalypha. Euphorbiacea. 



Propagated by cuttings in sandy soil under a glass, in stove 

 heat, during late winter or in spring. 



Acanthephippium. Orchidece. 



Propagated by dividing the pseudo-bulbs as soon as 

 growth commences. (See under Orchids.) 



Acantholimon. Plantaginetz. 



Propagated by seeds sown carefully on a warm but rather 

 shaded border ; by very carefully made divisions ; and by 



