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Alibertia. Cinchonacece . 



Increased by cuttings, which root freely in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, under a hand-glass, in heat. 



Alisma, Actinocarpus (Water Plantain). Alismacece. 



Increased by seeds, which should be sown in a pot im- 

 mersed in water and filled with loam, peat and sand ; also by 

 divisions, which root well in a moist loamy soil. 



Allamanda. Apocynacece. 



Layers. Root cuttings will root well at any time of the 

 year in a bottom heat from 70 to 80. The usual time is, 

 however, in spring, when the old plants are pruned back. 

 Choose the tops of the shoots, retaining two or three joints 

 to each cutting. Place in a compost of sand, and peat or 

 leaf mould in equal proportions, singly, in pots, and plunge 

 the pots in the propagating bed. 



Allium, including Porrum, Schoenoprasum. Liliacece. 



Increased by seeds sown thinly in light soil in early spring. 

 By bulbels, planting them in autumn or spring one to four 

 inches deep. (See Onion.) 



Allosorus. See Ferns. 

 Almeidea. Rutacece. 



Increased by partly ripened cuttings, which will root in 

 sand, under a hand-glass, in heat. 



Almond (Prunus communis}. Rosacece. 



The almond is worked the same as the peach and apricot. 

 Seedling almond stocks are best, but the peach is often 

 used. Apricot stocks are sometimes employed, but they are 

 not to be recommended. 



Alnus (Alder Tree). Cupuliferce. 



Propagated usually by seeds, which are gathered in the fall 

 and well dried. Then they are sprinkled lightly on the 

 ground and covered very thinly. Towards the end of the 

 year the seedlings are planted in rows one and one-half feet 

 apart, and six inches from each other, where they may 

 remain for two years, after which they can be placed where 

 they are intended to stand. Planting is best done in October 

 or April. They are also increased, but rarely, by suckers, 

 by cuttings and by grafting. 



Alocasia. Aroidece. 



Increased by seeds and divisions. 



