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PROPAGATION BY CUTTINGS. 



the flowering stage. Nearly the whole of the bulb trade, how- 

 ever, is carried on by the Dutch florists, if we except our 

 Lincolnshire Snowdrop growers. Many succulent plants as 

 Kleinias, Pachyphytums, Bryophyllums, Rocheas, and Echeve- 

 rias may be readily propagated from the leaves inserted in 

 pots of sandy compost. Of course, much of the above will 

 necessarily be repeated in the alphabetical list of plants to 

 follow; 'but I have written this much here to show how vari- 

 able cuttings may be root, underground stems, above-ground 

 stems, bulbs, tubers, corms, leaves, or even portions of leaves, 

 according to the plant operated upon. Some plants, however, 

 are very difficult to propagate from cuttings one of these 

 being the fragrant Chimonanthus ; indeed the late Dr Lindley 



Stem-Cutting of Pelargonium. 



Leaf-Cuttings of Gloxinia. 



once offered a guinea for every plant of this well-known shrub 

 raised from cuttings. Lapagerias, Aristolochias, Ipomoea 

 Horsfalliae, are other examples. Mr F. Bause, when propa- 

 gator at Chiswick some years ago, did succeed in inducing 

 cuttings of the Chimonanthus to produce roots ; but the tops 

 never pushed away, and they eventually died. A correspon- 

 dent of the 'Garden' of Feb. 14, 1874, however, writes that 

 she raised two plants from cuttings. " They were taken during 

 the summer when the leaves had arrived at full growth, planted 

 in light soil in pots, and placed in the shade in a vinery. They 

 were kept in a cool greenhouse all the winter, and next spring 



