LIST OF PLANTS 113 
Doronicum.—Popular hardy spring-flowering plants, 
propagated readily by division in autumn or spring. 
Dracana.—The majority of ornamental foliage plants 
grown in gardens under this name are, perhaps, more 
properly designated Cordylines. Cuttings of the tops of 
plants that have become ‘‘ leggy” by losing the lower 
leaves, or from shoots produced by old stems that have 
been headed back, root freely in sandy compost or coco- 
nut fibre in a close case or under bell-glasses with a 
brisk bottom heat of 75 to 80 degrees and a high, moist, 
atmospheric temperature. The old stems may also be 
cut into pieces 1 inch to 2 inches long, planted in pots 
or pans of similar material, and treated as above. The 
fleshy underground stems called ‘‘ toes”’ may likewise 
be cut in pieces and so increased. With ‘‘ leggy” 
plants the stems are sometimes induced to root just 
below the existing bottom leaves by making a notch or 
an incision in the stem in a slanting, upward direction 
through the middle, inserting a.small stone to keep the 
slit open. A small flower-pot cut downwards into two 
halves is then tied together, fixed in position, filled with 
leaf-mould and sand kept constantly moist, into which 
roots are in due course protruded. The stem is then 
notched and gradually cut through until finally com- 
pletely severed, when sufficient roots have formed in the 
pot to support the top without further assistance from 
the old stem and roots below. 
EccrEMocaARPUS.—That favourite climbing plant 
E. scaber is grown by sowing seed in gentle heat in 
March to plant out in May. The roots, if protected 
with a covering of ashes during winter, will send up 
shoots again the following spring. 
Ecuites.—These handsome stove twiners are propa- 
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