56 THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



The propagation of this species is by cuttings of the 

 half-ripened wood inserted in pots of fine peat and 

 maiden loam, and plunged in a mild bottom heat ; or 

 ripened wood of the last season's growth, planted under 

 a handlight in the open ground in the autumn. Or 

 some of them may be multiplied by division of the 

 root, suckers, &c. Any good common garden soil 

 suits the Deutzias, as they are quite hardy. 



The Cotoneaster (Pomacece). 



Ccto?ieaster microphylla makes a very pretty lawn 

 tree grafted on 5-feet stems of the common Hawthorn. 

 Being evergreen, and of a recumbent habit, it forms a 

 beautiful weeper for the lawn. It may also be used 

 with good effect to cover unsightly low walls. It 

 requires little nailing, and is one of the best rock 

 plants it is possible to have. I had (or there was 

 where I was gardener) a large shillity rock covered 

 with this, where nothing else would grow. It is a 

 capital thing to train on a low wire fence for an 

 interior division break, and looks very neat ; and being 

 full of red berries through the winter, it has a good 

 effect. It may be propagated by cuttings, by seed, 

 and by layers ; in fact it will take root freely of itself 

 if allowed a little soil to strike in. The cuttings 

 strike freely if taken off 6 or 9 inches long, and bedded 

 in, as for the common Laurel. The grafting is done 

 as for the Apple or the Pear, and should take place in 

 the spring. The seed should be treated as the Haw- 

 thorn — (see page 24). 



The Box (EuphorbiacecB). 



There are many varieties of the Box-tree. They are 

 all useful evergreen dwarf shrubs, chiefly used as orna- 

 ments of the garden, and are very accommodating, 

 being compact growers, always green, growing well 

 anywhere and in any soil. The narrow-leaved varie- 

 gated kind is very beautiful. They make conspicuous 



