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or fall. The cuttings may be struck in a bench or in pots, in a 

 temperature of 65 to 75. 



Acacia. Leguminosoe. 



Propagated by seeds as soon as ripe. Soak in warm water twenty- 

 four hours if seeds are not fresh. Keep temperature about 55 

 or 60, and pot off when large enough to handle. Also increased by 

 cuttings of the half-ripened wood in a propagating-frame or on a 

 bench. A. pubescens is grafted on seedlings of A. longifolia, 

 A. Bailey ana or A. melanoxylon; this and some others strike from 

 root-cuttings. See also Robinia. 



Acalypha. Euphorbiacece. 



Readily multiplied by cuttings struck in mild bottom heat. 

 Best results are to be expected from cuttings of well-ripened wood 

 taken with a heel. Old stock plants, kept over winter for the pur- 

 pose, usually yield best cutting material ; but cuttings may be 

 taken directly from plants that may have been bedded in the 

 open, or from cut-back fall-lifted plants. Propagation may be 

 undertaken in autumn or spring. 



Acanthopanax. Araliacece. 



Propagated by seeds, sown immediately or stratified and sown 

 in spring ; also by root-cuttings with bottom heat and by soft- 

 wood cuttings taken from forced plants. 



Acanthophoenix. Palmaceoe. 



Handled by seeds, sown in bottom heat, in a well-rotted com- 

 post. See Palms, page 377. 



Acanthorhiza. Palmaceoe. 



Propagated by seeds, sown preferably in spring, in fresh peat 

 over bottom heat. See Palms, page 377. 



Acanthus (Bear's Breech). Acanthaceoe. 



Increased by seeds in mild heat, and by division in autumn or 

 early spring. Also increased by root-cuttings. 



Acer (Maple). Acer ace ae. 



Stocks are grown from stratified seeds, which should be sown 

 an inch or two deep. Some very early-ripening species, as A. 

 saccharinum and A. rubrum (the silver or soft maple and the red 

 maple) come readily if seeds are simply sown as soon as ripe ; 

 they will not keep well until the next spring. Varieties are often 



