194 PRACTICAL PLANT PROPAGATION 



FAGUS. Beech. 



*SEEDS. Mix nuts with sand, keep cool till Spring or sow in Autumn. 

 GRAFTING. Blood-leaved, Tricolor, Weeping, Cut-leaved, grafted 



on seedling of type in early Spring. 

 INARCH. May be inarched in July by setting pots of seedlings around 



a specimen and uniting the branches. 

 LAYERS. Weeping varieties are layered. 



FICUS. Fig (F. carica.) 



CUTTINGS. Hard wood cuttings in early Spring. 

 GRAFTING. Only practiced when varieties are poor growers; then 

 graft on type. 



FIG. (See Ficus.) 

 FONTANESIA. 



CUTTINGS. Summer under glass. 

 FORSYTHIA. Golden Bell. 



*CUTTINGS. Hard wood root very easily in October. Soft wood in 



Summer. 



GRAFTING. F. suspensa is grafted on F. viridissima to get height. 

 LAYERS, Very easily propagated by this method. 



FRAXINUS. Ash. 



*SEEDS. Jenkins writes: 



White Ash seed will seldom grow well the first season after planting, 

 unless subjected to special treatment. There is a theory in regard to 

 many seeds difficult to propagate, that a gummy, resinous, or oily epi- 

 dermis covers them, interfering with the action of the air necessary to 

 produce germination. Excellent results have followed the immersion 

 of such seed in an alkali or in acetic, or dilute sulphuric acid. Care must 

 be used, however, that the acid or alkali, does not destroy the integu- 

 ments of the seed in addition to this air-proof covering. 



LAYERS. Good for F. Ornus. 



GRAFTING. The Green, Golden- weeping, Golden-barked, etc., are 



grafted or budded on F. excelsior, the European Ash. Bud in July, 



low for all but weeping sorts. 



GARRYA. 



SEEDS. The plants are dioecious. 

 CUTTINGS. Half-ripe best. 



GELSEMIUM. Carolina Jasmine. 



A greenhouse vine in the North. 

 CUTTINGS. Hard wood in Spring. 



GINKGO. Maidenhair Tree. 



*SEEDS. Sow in Spring, but keep moist through the Winter. 

 GRAFTING. Use male trees only; the female trees produce ill-smelling 

 fruits. Graft on seedlings. Also budded (see fig. 97). 



GLEDITSCHIA. Honey Locust. 

 SEEDS. Scald and sow in Spring. 

 GRAFTING. G. triacanthos var. inermis, the Thornless Honey Locust, 



is grafted on seedlings of the type. This type is better for cities 



because it is less offensive. 



