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readily if sown in a cold frame just after ripening. 
Cuttings of firm but not hard shoots root freely if 
planted in sandy soil in a cold frame or a sheltered 
border in autumn. Standards and choice varieties are 
sometimes grafted on stocks of the common kinds under 
glass. | 
AurRIcuLA.—Offsets soon establish themselves if taken 
off in February and planted round the edges of small 
pots and covered with a bell-glass. Water should be 
administered sparingly, air admitted, and this latter 
gradually increased when growth commences, to be 
followed by potting off separately into small well-drained 
pots. When saving seed great discrimination is exer- 
cised by the best growers in the selection of parents. 
The seed is sown as soon as ripe in pots of sandy soil 
that has been watered and stood for a short time to 
drain. It is then lightly covered with a sprinkling of 
coarse sand, the pots are stood in a cold frame or a 
greenhouse and covered with a pane of glass. The 
seedlings often appear at irregular intervals, and the 
late comers are often the best. When large enough to 
handle, they are pricked off into pots of sandy soil, and 
afterwards inserted in thumb pots. 
AzaLEA.—The successful propagation of Azaleas re- 
quires considerable care and ‘practice, and is generally 
entrusted to the professional who has acquired by ex- 
perience the necessary knowledge and has the proper 
convenience at hand. -Large numbers are imported 
annually from the Continent, where special attention is 
devoted to their increase. Hence young plants well set 
with buds are generally purchased and, if properly 
treated, they grow and increase in size and last for an 
indefinite time. 
