CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I. THE " HARD-WOODED " DEPARTMENT . . i 



The Stock Propagated Its Permanent Character The Staff 

 Grafting Cuttings under Glass Cuttings in the Open. 



CHAPTER II. THE CUTTING GROUND : ITS POSITION, ITS 

 PREPARATION, ETC 6 



Hedges Box-lights Ventilation and Shade The Use of Sand 

 The " Open " Cutting Ground Aspect Good Spade Work. 



CHAPTER III. HARD-WOODED CUTTINGS n 



Aucuba Japonica in 1870 Making Cuttings Why Made 

 with Heels Some Representative Examples Size of Cut- 

 tings Well-sharpened Knives Care of|Newly-made Cuttings 

 Knee Drill Putting the Cuttings in. 



CHAPTER IV. THE PROPAGATING HOUSE, STOCKS, GRAFT- 

 ING, ETC. 16 



Kinds to Graft Treatment of Grafted Plants Hardening 

 Off Golden Privet Clematis Root and Stock Grafting 

 Their Treatment. 



CHAPTER V. ORNAMENTAL HEDGE PLANTS . . . . 23 



Arbor Vitae English Yew Hollies Seedlings Euonymus 

 Spring Frost Effects Privet Garden Cities Striking 

 Golden Privet : Cupressus Macrocarpa Various Other 

 Hedge Plants. 



CHAPTER VI. ORNAMENTAL STANDARD TREES . . . . 29 



Varieties in General Use The Lime and the Plane Trees 

 Raised from Seed Acers Ornamental Crabs Almonds 

 Prunus Pissardi Cerasus Elms Scarlet Chestnut 

 Scarlet Oak Budding or Grafting Double Thorns Pests. 



CHAPTER VII. FLOWERING SHRUBS : THEIR PROPAGA- 

 TION, ETC. . . 33 



Varieties and How Increased Azaleas Cuttings Berberis 

 Aquifolia, Darwinii, Stenophylla and Thunbergi Their Great ' 

 Beauty B. Thunbergi in Autumn Buddleias Cerasus 

 Cotoneasters ; Best Varieties Cytisus or Broom C. Sco- 

 parius Other Varieties Cistus The Gum Cistus : Its Pro- 

 pagation Cydonia (Pyrus) Japonica Pyracantha Good 

 Wall Plants How Propagated. 



