5S THE TEEE PEOPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



silver sand, enough to barely cover it. Set the pan or 

 pans in a cold frame, and keep them close and slightly 

 shaded from the full influence of the sun until the seed 

 is up. Great care is required in watering the seed- 

 pans for some time after the seedlings appear, as heavy 

 or careless waterings will wash them out of their 

 place and cause a failure. The seed should be sown in 

 March or April. 



Cuttings may be struck, if sound, young stuff is 

 taken, 2 inches long, and should be inserted in fine 

 sandy peat, and covered with a bell-glass placed in a 

 frame facing the north. The layering is done as for 

 the Azalea — (see page 35). 



The Weigela [Caprifoliacece). 



There are several varieties of this, but the Rosea is 

 the most popular one, and well worthy of a place in 

 every garden, however small, on account of its dwarf 

 habit and abundant flower. The plant will bear 

 pruning in to any extent. This should be done in the 

 spring, so that new growth may be formed for flowers 

 the following season. The propagation of this species 

 is by cuttings of the ripened young wood inserted in 

 pots, pans, or under a handlight, with a soil composed 

 of peat and maiden loam with a portion of sand. 



The Ribes, or American Currant. 



There are many varieties of this genus, but only one 

 is worth notice as a flowering shrub, and that is San- 

 guineum, which is very generally known. It makes a 

 pretty spring flowering shrub, and is very ornamental. 

 Some train it on fences or walls, where it looks very 

 well. The propagation of it is by cuttings of the last 

 season's young wood, 9 or 10 inches long, and dug in 

 the soil as for the common Currant cuttings, in the 

 autumn or early spring. Let them remain one year in 

 the cutting-bed, and then transplant, 1 foot by 1 foot 6 

 inches apart, to remain till finally planted out. 



