34 DECORATIVE PLANTS, TREES AND SHRUBS 



Daphne. Cuttings, seed, grafts. 



Deutzias in variety. Cuttings. 



Ericas Cuttings. Peat. 



Forsythia Cuttings. 



Genistas Cuttings. 



Hydrangeas. Cuttings. 



Kalmia latifolia. Cuttings. Peat. 



Laurestinus. Cuttings. 



Ribes. Cuttings. 



Rhododendron. Seed, grafts. Peat. 



Spiraeas Cuttings, divisions. 



Syringa Cuttings, divisions. 



Staphelia colchica. Cuttings. 



Skimmia japonica. Cuttings. Peat. 



Olearia Hastii. Cuttings, seed. 



Viburnum (Guelder rose). Cuttings. 



Wiegelia in variety. Cuttings. 



Veronicas Cuttings. 



It may be as well to glance at the more important of these in greater 

 detail, for some of them comprise quite a number of varieties and 

 are of considerable importance. 



AZALEAS 



Of these we have different sections Mollis, Ghent, Japanese, 

 occidentalis and various hybrids. Technically classified with the 

 rhododendrons, we think it will be a very long time before their 

 popular and distinctive name becomes submerged into the more 

 correct one. It is a plant which detests calcareous soils but revels 

 in a prepared peat that is an admixture of peat, leaf -mould and an 

 innocuous kind of loam. We do not propagate them very exten- 

 sively in this country, that being one of the things John Bull has 

 left more or less in the hands of continentals, but we do not know 

 of any sufficient reason for this. Cuttings taken in August and struck 

 in sandy soil under glasses are not backward in rooting. Stock may 

 also be raised from seeds, if sown in May, using a compost of peat 

 and sand and covering the seeds with the sand. We have often 



