CUTTINGS 69 



Ageratum. February to March. 60 to 65. 



Akebia. Midsummer; half -ripe wood. Winter; hard wood. 45. 



Allamanda. In Winter or Spring when pruning use ripe wood; soft 

 wood for heel cuttings. Give a little bottom heat. Place cuttings 

 in thumb pots of sand and leafmold. Three weeks to root. 60. 



Aloysia. (See Lemon Verbena.) 



Alternanthera. August. Place in sand. When rooted place in flats. 

 Pot in April for sale. 60. Or plant in deep boxes setting plants 

 deeper than in field. Then divide plants in March and pot them. 



Antirrhinum. (See Snapdragon.) 



Araucaria (Norfolk Island Pine). (See page 143.) 



Ardisia. (See page 144.) 



Aucuba (Gold Dust Tree). Summer to Autumn. Half -ripened 



wood. Use long cutting. 50 to 60. 



Begonia. (Lorraine group.) Before January. Usually leaf cuttings. 

 65 to 70. (See page 81.) 



(Winter flowering type.) April. Two inches long. Root in 

 propagating case. Place three or four in 3-inch pot. 



Baronia. (See method advised for Erica.) 



Bougainvilla. Early Spring. Half-ripened wood. 60 to 70. 



Bouvardia. March. After cutting back plants and resting them. 

 Heel cuttings seem best. Stem cuttings more difficult than root 

 cuttings. 60 to 65. (See page 84 for root cuttings.) 



Buddleia. Summer; soft wood in greenhouse. Autumn; hard wood. 

 Keep out of danger of frost over Winter. 



Camellia. Late Summer. Ripened wood. Root in sandy peat. 

 60 to 70. Often grafted. 



Carnation. (See page 145.) 



Chorizema (Tango Plant). Winter or early Spring. May be rooted 

 in sand bench or in pots in mixture of sand and leafmold. Place 

 in propagating case or under bell jar. 65 to 70. H. D. Darlington 

 uses hard-wood cuttings and advises November and December before 

 young growth starts. Believes that covering with glass causes 

 damping-off. 



Chrysanthemum. (See page 145). 



Codiaeum (Groton). November to February. Use bell jar or prop- 

 agating case. 75 or above. Bottom heat. (See page 67.) 



Coleus. September to Spring. 60 to 65. 



Croton. (See GodiaBum.) 



Cyperus (Umbrella Plant). (See page 66.) 



Dusty Miller. Lift old plants. Take young growth. 50. 



English Ivy. August to September. Also from indoor plants in De- 

 cember to January. 50 to 55. 



Epiphyllum (Christmas Cactus). Use fresh sand and bottom heat; 

 keep on dry side. Place in small pots of sandy soil. Do not take 

 succulent shoots. 



Erica (Heather). December to Spring. Take short cuttings from 

 strong plants. Never above 60. (See Darlington's propagating 

 flat, page 67.) 



Mr. Darlington describes the propagation as follows: "I like 

 small cuttings about one inch long. Pull out the tip of the cutting; 

 this destroys the flower bud and there is no danger of the latter devel- 

 oping in the cutting box. This precaution is especially important 



