132 THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



adapted for edgings, borders, beds, and rockeries. Sow 

 the seed in the spring, in the open ground, in fine soil. 

 Cuttings may be struck during July, in pots or under a 

 handlight, selecting the young growth. I refer more 

 particularly to A. Saxatile. 



Begonia. — See p. 109. 



Calceolaria (Shrubby). — See p. 113. 



Heliotrope. — A well-known plant. Cuttings in the 

 spring and autumn, in heat. Sow the seed in the early 

 spring, in pots or pans filled with fine leaf-mould, maiden 

 soil, and sand, and set in a good heat. 



Mesembryanthemtjm. — Shrubby, purple, and yellow. 

 The purple is one of the most showy dwarf plants it is 

 possible to possess, either as a pot plant or for small beds. 

 Cuttings of the young growth in the early autumn. 



Pentstemon. — A splendid genus. Some very fine 

 additions have been made to this tribe of late, fit for 

 pots as well as for beds. Sow the seed in pans of fine 

 leaf-mould and maiden loam of equal parts, with some 

 sand added. Set in a mild heat till it is up. Cuttings 

 may be struck at any time, the autumn being the 

 best for strong plants for the following season. 



Wallflower. — Too well known to require any de- 

 scription. Lady Alice Peel, the Double-blood, and the 

 Double German are the best. The first eclipses all 

 others for purity of colour — golden yellow — and for the 

 quality of its flowers. Cuttings only, in the months of 

 April and May. The cuttings, or slips, which are the 

 best, should not be more than 3 inches long — 2 inches 

 are enough — of the young side-shoots. Slip them off, and 

 just trim off the tip of the jagged end of the base of the 

 slip, and insert them in ground a little bit shady, or 

 in pots or deep seed-pans, and water them. 



Herbaceous Perennial Plants. 



The Auricula. — By seed and by offshoots. Sow the 

 seed in deep seed-pans or good boxes in the month of 

 February and early part of March. First put a good 



