BOOK VI. 



ON THE PROPAGATION OF SUFFRUTICOSE 

 AND HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



SUFFRUTICOSE PLANTS. 



The word " suffruticose " refers to all those plants that 

 possess half woody and half herbaceous stems or 

 branches, such as the shrubby Calceolaria, the Wall- 

 Jlower, the Pentstemon, some of the Begonias and Mesem- 

 bryanthemums, the Heliotropes, &c. All suffruticose 

 plants may be propagated either by seed or by cuttings 

 of the young growth, or raised from seed whenever it 

 can be obtained. 



Alonsoa. — Sow the seed in pots or pans of fine leaf- 

 mould and maiden soil of equal parts in the spring, and 

 set them in a mild heat. Cuttings may be struck at 

 any time, the early spring and the autumn being the 

 best. Set them in a mild heat. 



Ageratum. — A beautiful genus for the greenhouse 

 and for bedding. Sow the seed early in the spring, on 

 heat. Cuttings of the young growth in the spring or 

 autumn. 



Antirrhinum. — A well-known and superb genus for 

 borders, beds, and for ornamenting walls. Sow the seed 

 in the open ground, either in the month of August for 

 early flowering next year, or in April for flowering lute 

 in the following autumn. Cuttings maybe struck at all 

 times of the short side-shoots, August being the best 

 time for young plants for the following season. 



Alyssum.— A dwarf hardy suffruticose plant, well 



