THE NURSERY-MANUAL 



THE NURSERY-LIST 



This List has been re-compiled for the twenty-second edition. 

 The Editor has had the advantage of many expert advisers. The 

 List has been gone over carefully by Robert Cameron, Botanic 

 Garden, Harvard University; W. H. Judd, propagator for the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University; J. Jennings, Bobbink 

 and Atkins Nurseries, Rutherford, N. J. ; G. W. Oliver, United 

 States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Special 

 parts have been submitted to experts in many places, from Ontario 

 to Florida and California. Extra care has been taken to make all 

 the statements in the book authentic, but the practitioner assumes 

 his own risk in making applications. 



The printed word can never take the place of experience in the 

 propagation of plants; yet the experienced man will probably 

 find a List of this kind of more value than the novice, for he will 

 know what the suggestions mean. It is hoped, however, that the 

 novice will find the List useful in aiding him to acquire experience. 



The family to which a plant belongs often gives a clue to the prop- 

 agation : therefore the name of the family is given after each 

 regular entry. The attention of the consultant is called to certain 

 important group or class entries, as Orchids, Ferns, Palms, Eri- 

 cacese or Heaths, Liliaceae, Bromeliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Aracese, 

 Conifers, Cacti, Annuals, Biennials, Perennials. 



The consultant should remember that this List deals only with 

 propagation, not with cultivation, transplanting, pruning, breeding, 

 or subsequent care. 



Abelia. Caprifoliaceoe. 



Propagated in spring by layers, and in summer and early autumn 

 by cuttings ; seeds in spring, when obtainable. 



Abies (Fir). Pinacece. 



Extensively propagated by seeds, which are usually kept dry 

 over winter and sown in spring in frames or in protected borders. 



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