62 THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



The propagation of the Taxodiums consists in raising 

 them from seed, and by cuttings. The cuttings must- 

 be of the firm young wood in the early autumn, inserted 

 in deep seed-pans filled with fine sandy peat and maiden 

 loam of equal parts, and set in a cold frame facing the 

 north, being kept moist. The seed may be sown in 

 April as for the Pinus tribes, and treated in the same 

 manner. 



The Hydrangea [Hydrangeacece). 



The Hydrangea is so well known that it seems almost 

 superfluous to say anything about it here. It is cer- 

 tainly worthy of a more extensive cultivation than it 

 seems to get in some parts. It is propagated by cut- 

 tings of the young wood taken off in June and July, 

 3 or 4 inches long, and inserted in pots or under a 

 handlight, and well watered. Or they may be put into 

 heat, where they quickly strike root. The Hydrangea 

 may also be multiplied by division of the root ; but to 

 get fine flowering plants in pots, with a large single 

 head of flowers, cuttings must be struck from the young 

 wood, or rather of young wood, as I have said, and as 

 soon as they are rooted, pot them off singly into 4-inch 

 or 5-inch pots, using fine peat and loam. Encourage 

 the plants to grow freely, and continue them in these 

 pots until the following spring, when they should be 

 shifted into 6-inch pots for flowering, or they may be 

 turned into the beds. The peat soil from Dartmoor 

 will produce the blue colour freely. 



The Andromeda [Ericaceae). 



There are a great many varieties of this beautiful 

 dwarf shrub. Floribunda takes the lead in this genus, 

 and is of a very pretty dwarf character, as free flower- 

 ing and as handsome as a Heath. It makes a splendid 

 bed, being compact and suitable for the centre, around 

 which may be planted with good effect some of the 

 free-flowering hardy Heaths. 



The propagation of the Andromeda is by seed sown 



