70 PRACTICAL PLANT PROPAGATION 



with Erica cupressiana; it often means just the difference between a 

 good strike and a failure. 



"After your cuttings are made and put into the boxes water care- 

 fully and put in the house, every morning taking off the 12-inch by 

 24-inch light of glass. You will find the under side covered with 

 condensed moisture. Allow the boxes to remain uncovered about 

 one-half hour; then put back the glass dry side down. I have given 

 up trying to dry the glass; it's not necessary; just reversing it will 

 answer. Water as the cuttings need it; a dash with a fine rose 

 spray every bright day and a good watering every six or seven days 

 will usually be right. I like to pot the cuttings as soon as they are 

 well rooted and not allow them to stand too long in the boxes." 



Euphorbia. E. fulgens (jacquinaeflora). Midsummer. (See Poin- 



settia page 161.) 

 Ficus (Rubber). Place cuttings in 2^-inch pots, tying leaves so 



they can be placed close together. Plunge pots in propagating case 



with bottom heat. 80. Keep moist till rooted. Use compost of 



loam, sand and leafmold, equal parts. Single eye cuttings also 



may be rooted. 



Fittonia. Early Spring. Pot in leafmold and sand in 2-inch pots. 65. 

 Fuchsia. February to Spring. Use only newest wood from plants 



cut back some time previously. 50 to 55. 

 Gardenia. December to February. Use soft wood. Keep close. 



65 to 70. Bottom heat. Root in three to four weeks. 

 Genista. December to February. Soft wood, young gowth with heel. 



45. Rottom heat. 



German Ivy. January to March. 60. 

 Heaths. (See Erica page 69.) 

 Hedera. (See English Ivy page 69.) 

 Heliotrope. January for Spring; July for Winter use. Soft wood. 



Root better from plants established in pots. 60. 

 Hibiscus. Young growth. April. 65. 

 Hydrangea. Usually take cuttings after blooming. Use small shoots 



at base of plant. Takes 11 to 14 months to bloom from cuttings. 50 



to 55. Slight bottom heat. (For hardy Hydrangeas see page 196.) 

 Impatiens. September to May. 60. 

 Ipomoea. Bona-nox. See Moonvine. 

 Iresine. Mid-September. 60 to 65. 



Jasminum. Autumn and Winter. Ripened wood. 50 to 55. 

 Jerusalem Cherry. Usually grown from seed but cuttings can be taken 



early in year. 



Lantana. January to Spring. Green wood. 60 to 65. 

 Lemon Verbena. February to April. Cut back old plants to force 



new growth. 50 to 55. Slight bottom heat. 

 Linum trigynum. March. Plants set in open in May. Pinch for 



compactness. Pot in September. 

 Lobelia. Pot selected plants from field and propagate through Winter. 



Good habits and colors are perpetuated. 



Marguerite. March for Spring sales. August for January pot plants. 50. 

 Metrosideros. Half-ripened wood, with heel. Place in pots of sand; 



keep moist. 

 Moonvine. September. Keep cool. Continue propagating through 



Winter. 



