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to flower ; Godetia and Poppies, both Shirley Pop- 

 pies and Opium Poppies, which cannot be trans- 

 planted, must be sown where they are required. 



Those that are sown in the spring, such as 

 Linum grandiflorum, Nemophila and Convolvulus 

 major, should be put in about the end of May or 

 early in June, where you want them to flower. 



CUTTINGS. 



Taking cuttings is a very easy way of increasing 

 many of the deciduous shrubs and some of the 

 evergreens. (Trees should always be grown from 

 seed.) The best time to take cuttings of almost 

 any hardy shrub is immediately its flowering season 

 is over ; for instance, in Spircea Bumalda Anthony 

 Waterer, as soon as the flower is beginning to fade 

 take shoots of about twelve inches long, cutting 

 them off the older wood so that you carry away 

 a little bit with you ; trim off the lower leaves and 

 shoots and bury hah* the length in the open ground, 

 in complete shade ; water if the weather is dry, and 

 probably by the spring most of your cuttings will 

 be nice little plants, and really good plants by the 

 next year. The best soil for making cuttings is clay 

 or loam, with some sand mixed in to help them root. 



