CHAPTER II 
DIVISION 
A MULTITUDE of both hardy and tender plants can be 
readily propagated by this method, which is probably 
the simplest and most successful of all. Such kinds as 
grow in masses, forming rootstocks from which a 
number of rooted growths are thrown up from the base, 
YounGc CROWN OF LILY OF THE VALLEY FOR PROPAGATING BY 
DIVISION. 
simply require dividing into pieces, which when re- 
planted form separate plants. Familiar examples that 
lend themselves to propagation ‘by division are the 
perennial Phloxes and Sunflowers, Box-edgings, many 
Orchids, and Ferns; indeed, it is the only means of 
increasing the beautiful Adiantum Farleyense, no fertile 
spores being produced, Other cases are Aspidistras, 
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