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dance. The young plants should be kept dry until callused, 

 but not covered with glass. They may also be increased by 

 cuttings, under a hand-glass in a cool house. 



Cyphomandra (Tree Tomato of Jamaica). Solanacefe. 



Use seeds ; or cuttings may be placed under glass, in bot- 

 tom heat. 



Cypress. See Cupressus. 

 Cypripedium (Lady's Slipper). Orchidece. 



By seeds sometimes. Usually by division. (See under 

 Orchids. ) 



Cyrilla. Ericacece. 



Propagated by seeds and cuttings. 



Cyrtanthus. Amaryllidece. 

 Propagated by offsets. 



Cytisus (Scotch Broom). Leguminosce. 



By seeds and layers. In spring, cuttings of young wood 

 may be taken when about three inches long (with a heel pre- 

 ferred), placed under a bell-glass in heat, or in a close frame, 

 where they will root readily. If gradually hardened, potted 

 and grown on, small flowering specimens may by obtained 

 the following spring. C. purpurea is usually grafted on the 

 common laburnum. 



Dacrydium (Tear Tree). Conifer ce. 



Increased by fresh seed and ripened cuttings. 



Daffodil. See Narcissus. 



Dahlia. Composilce. 



Single varieties, and sometimes the doubles, are grown 

 from seeds. The roots may be broken apart after the crowns 

 have started in spring, and each part grown separately. The 

 roots may be started into growth in heat late in winter, and 

 the young sprouts may be removed and handled as ordinary 

 cuttings as fast as they form. Or rare sorts may >be increased 

 during summer by cuttings from the growing tips. Cions 

 made of the growing tips may be grafted into the roots by a 

 cleft or side graft. This method is oftenest employed for 

 the purpose of preserving over winter rare sorts which it is 

 feared may be lost. The grafts are kept growing slowly dur- 

 ing winter, and cuttings may be taken from them. Cuttings 

 should always have a bud or buds at the base, and in propa- 

 gation by division there must be a piece of the crown at- 

 tached to the root. 



