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PRACTICAL PLANT PROPAGATION 



Fig. 98. Germination of an English Walnut 



JUGLANS Continued 



therefore, wise to give them some protection, such as forest leaves 

 provide, in an endeavor to preserve them. Another good plan is to 

 let seedlings remain in their seed beds for two or three years before 

 transplanting them; one protects the other in this way; they are more 

 easily preserved in Winter, and the close growth in the beds causes them 

 to make height instead of branches, all in the interest of the grower. 



"There are many varieties of the English Walnut, the thin shelled, the 

 early fruiting and a number of others, all differing in their nuts from 

 the type. These it is not safe to rely on as coming true from seed. 

 Of a hundred nuts, of any one of them, while some might be the same 

 as the parent, many would not. 



GRAFTING AND BUDDING. Juglans cinerea, Butternut, can be grafted 

 by terminal bud graft. Juglans regia, English Walnut, is budded 

 on Butternut or Black Walnut in Summer, when the sap is flowing 

 strongly. 



JUNIPERUS. Juniper. Red Cedar. 



SEEDS. Very hard. Should be softened, according to Fuller, by 

 soaking in potash water for several days. Stocks of J. virginiana, 

 the Red Cedar, for budding are raised, according to Marinus Van 

 Kleef as follows: 



"Plenty of sand must be used in preparing the seed beds, for mold 

 is one of the diseases which frequently attack the Juniperus. Not 

 too much moisture should be applied to the seed, while the frame must 

 be aired continually, except in wet, foggy weather, when it is advisable 

 to keep the frames closed. Painting the glass in the sashes with lime, 

 is of course also in this case a necessity. 



