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Buxus (Box). Buxaceoe. 



Propagated by seeds sown as soon as ripe, but the plants grow 

 very slowly. They can be increased by suckers and division ; 

 by layers of young or old wood, made in autumn or early spring ; 

 usually by cuttings made of the young shoots, from 4 to 6 inches in 

 length, in a sandy place in spring or fall. The latter method is the 

 better way in this country, and in the North the cuttings should be 

 handled under glass. Dwarf forms are usually increased by division. 



Cabbage (Brassica oleracea). Cruciferoe. 



Cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower are treated 

 in the same general way. The plants are hardy and seeds may be 

 sown early. In the middle and southern latitudes (say Norfolk 

 south) cabbage seed may be sown in autumn and the young plants 

 carried over in frames or even planted directly in the open, so that 

 the crop will mature before the long hot weather. Cabbage seeds 

 are sometimes planted in " hills " in spring for the late or fall crop 

 in the North, a few seeds being dropped at each place where a 

 plant is to stand and the plants finally thinned to one ; care must 

 be taken to protect from cabbage worms and other pests. Usually, 

 however, cabbage is started in a specially prepared seed-bed or 

 frame and transplanted, even for the main crop. The early crop 

 is grown from plants started in a hotbed or greenhouse ; or a home 

 garden may be grown from plants raised in a window in the res- 

 idence. Cabbage seeds germinate quickly. Take care that the 

 plants do not become " drawn " by too much crowding, insufficient 

 light and too high temperature. 



Cabomba. Nymphceacece. 



Grown from cuttings set in the earth in 1 to 2 feet of water, tem- 

 perature 55 to 70 ; also by division of the plant and by seeds. 



Cacti. Cactacece. 



The many kinds of cacti are propagated by seeds and by cuttings ; 

 and many of them graft readily. 



Most cacti yield seeds abundantly. The seeds are usually 

 fertile, and when planted under proper conditions a large percentage 

 of them germinate and with a little care produce plants in -abun- 

 dance. The best soil for growing cacti from seed is a thoroughly de- 

 composed sod mixed with at least its own volume of sand, run 

 through a sieve of about ^-inch mesh. Reasonable care should be 



