THE NURSERY LIST. 



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Carnation. Caryophyllece. 



By propagating by seed, new and excellent varieties are 

 raised. Sow the seeds in April or May, and in a slight hot- 

 bed or in a greenhouse. Also propagated by layering, which 

 should be done at the end of July or the beginning of August. 

 The shoots selected should be denuded of a few of their leaves 

 at the base of the young wood, and a slit must be made from 

 this point upwards, extending through a joint of the bare 

 stem, so that a tongue is formed. 



Increased also by cuttings. It is necessary to have a slight 

 bottom heat, and on it put four or five inches of light soil, 

 covered with clean sand. The cuttings must be long enough 

 to have a tolerably firm base, and they must either be taken 

 with a heel or cut off at a joint, and firmly inserted in the 

 soil. This is the ordinary method. See Fig. 52, b. 



Carob, Algaroba, or St. John's Bread (Ceratonia siliqua} . 



Leguminosce. 



Stocks are obtained by seeds. The seeds are often treated 

 to scalding water before sowing, in the same manner as lo- 

 cust seeds. Varieties are grafted or budded on the seedlings, 

 or they may be multiplied by means of hard-wood cuttings 

 in frames. 



Carpinus (Hornbeam). Cupuliferce. 



Increased by seeds, which vegetate irregularly. Varieties 

 propagated by budding or grafting. 



Carpodinus. Apocynacece. 



Propagated easily from cuttings of half-ripened shoots. 

 Carrion Flower. See Stapelia. 

 Carthamus (Safflower). Composite . 



Increased by seeds sown in a gentle heat in spring. 

 Carya. See Hickoria. 

 Caryocar, Rhizobolus (Butternut). Ternstrcemiacece. 



Increased by ripened cuttings, which will root in sand 

 in heat. 



Caryophyllus (Clove-tree). Myrtacece. 



Increased by cuttings of firm shoots with the leaves left 

 on. These will root if planted in sand in a moist heat. 



Caryopteris. Verbenacece. 



Propagated by seeds, by divisions, or by cuttings. 



