TREE AND SHRUB LIST 193 



DIERVILLA. Weigela. 



SEEDS. Not difficult to raise, but do not come true. 



*CUTTINGS. Half-ripened shoots in Summer. Hard wood cuttings 



root readily. 

 LAYERS. 

 DIMORPHANTHUS. 



SEEDS. Sow as soon as ripe. Gather soon after ripening, for birds 



will get them. Sow immediately. 

 ROOT CUTTINGS. Dig up the plants in April or May. Gat roots in 



three-inch lengths and set in rows. 

 DIOSPYROS. Persimmon. 



Some trees are staminate, others pistillate, others perfect flowered. 



SEEDS. Sow as soon as ripe or stratify until Spring. 



CUTTINGS. Half-ripened wood. 



GRAFTING. Graft named sorts on D. virginiana, the seedlings, of 



which often make plants large enough for budding the first year. 

 BUDDING. A perfect flowered sort budded on a seedling insures 



fruiting. 

 DIRCA. Leather Wood. 



SEEDS. Ripen early. Sow when ripe. 

 EL>EAGNUS. Oleaster. Wild Olive. 



*SEEDS. Sow seeds as soon as ripe or place in damp soil until October; 

 then sow out of doors. Certain plants from seed produce no 

 berries. 



CUTTINGS. Hard wood and half-ripe wood for variegated sorts. 

 LAYERS. In May. 



GRAFTING. E. umbellata is used as stock for other sorts. E. Simonii 

 is grafted on E. longipes because it blooms so late that it seeds poorly. 

 ELSHOLTZIA. 



CUTTINGS. Soft wood in greenhouse in January or February. 

 ENKIANTHUS. 



CUTTINGS. Hard wood under glass Fall; half-ripe wood in Summer. 

 LAYERS. In Spring. 

 ERIOBOTRYA. Loquat Tree. Japanese Plum. 



SEEDS. Sow as soon as ripe. Keep damp at all times. 

 EUCALYPTUS. Blue Gum. 



SEEDS. Very rapid grower. Sow in May or June in California. 

 EUCOMMIA. Hardy Rubber. 



SEED. 



EUONYMUS. Burning Bush. Spindle Tree. Wahoo. 

 SEEDS. All sorts except E. alalus are said to grow well. 

 CUTTINGS. E. japonicus. Grow plants in rich soil for propagating. 

 Half-ripe wood Midsummer. Hard wood cuttings may also be 

 used. 



LAYERS. Evergreen species readily propagated by this method. 

 GRAFTING. E. americanus. Graft on E. atropurpureus or E. earo- 



pseus to make its display of berries more attractive. 

 EXOCHORDA. Pearl Bush. 



*SEEDS. Grow easily. Does not grow readily from cuttings or layers. 

 CUTTINGS. Soft wood best in Summer. 

 GRAFTING. Grafted by splice graft on own roots. 

 LAYERS. In Summer. 



