84 PLANT PROPAGATION 
and August or by grafting in March on Crab or Paradise 
stocks. (See Budding and Grafting, pp. 44 and 62.) 
Apricot.—These are mostly budded early in June on 
seedling Apricot and Plum stocks. The stones may 
be sown when ripe, 2 inches deep, and covered with a 
layer of litter during winter. The resulting young trees 
may be lifted, and after trimming the roots be replanted, 
when a year old. 
AQuILEGIA.—These popular and favourite plants should 
be raised from seed sown soon after ripening in a cold 
frame, and select varieties propagated by division of the 
roots. 
Arabsis.—Increase by division or by cuttings in August 
under handlights with shade from sun until rooted. 
ARALIA.—Many of these ornamental foliage plants 
propagate readily from root-cuttings, 2 inches long, in 
pots of sandy soil, covered with a pane of glass and with 
a moderate bottom heat. The stems, if cut into eyes 
and similarly treated, will also provide plants. Stove 
kinds, like the handsome A. elegantissima and A. 
Veitchti, do not yield to such easy treatment, but are 
grafted low down on stocks of A. Guilfoylet and A. 
reticulata, and kept in the close propagating-case until 
union is effected. 
Araucarias.—These graceful Conifers are mostly 
raised from imported seed sown in gentle heat soon 
after arrival, but are often slow in germinating. The 
pretty A. excelsa, used so extensively for decorative 
purposes, is reared from cuttings obtained from stock 
plants grown for the purpose of providing suitable 
material. These are firmly fixed in small pots of sandy 
compost, using pegs when necessary to keep them from 
shifting, and are then placed in a cool house, shaded and 
