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PLANT PROPAGATION 



Soil mixture: Two parts each garden loam and peat (or leaf mold) and one part 

 clean, sharp sand. Use only sterilized (boiled and cooled) water for watering Buy only 

 best grade spores. Sow in March. July, or October. Use cans 12 inches square and 4 

 inches deep, or 6-inch % pots, each a third full of drainage (cinders). Press soil firmly 

 in pots or pans. Pass surface half inch through %-inch screen, level, press and water 

 Wait four hours before dusting spores on surface. Use no more spores for 12-inch pan 

 than w II pile on a H-inch circle. Have no breeze while sowing. Don't cover with soil. 

 Place shaded sash over frame and keep closed tell germination starts, then give air, little 

 at first, more gradually till fronds appear and are hardened enough to have sash removed 



surface fs Wa co er JS' *?? rf? 7 more -^^ Weed OUt ""desifable plant! VheT pHi 

 surface is covered with little ferns, prick out in clumps of three to six just level with 

 surface of other flats. When clumps have three or four fronds, transplant singly in other 



ns (among them species and varieties of genera marked A in the list) 

 9 buds, bulblets. or plantlets on fronds and pinnae. These, planted 



tefor^e^ts^ar^gU 00 ' * ** ^ tW "^ therS may * 



TABLE 9 PALMS 



* Easily grown from suckers. 



Sow seeds thickly, %-inch deep, in sandy loam in propagating frame in warm green- 

 house. Give plenty of heat and moisture. Some species require two or three weeks to 

 germinate, others two months, still others three years. Possibly the sulphuric acid method 



shift to larger sizes slowly, but as needed, 

 manure, with peat, leaf mold and sand. 



Use friable compost of rotted sod and stable 



TABLE 10 WATER PLANTS 



Seeds should be cut to admit water. 

 Division in spring. 



