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may be used ; also layers of the bushy kinds. Rare or choice kinds 

 may be grafted on seed-raised stocks of C. arborescens. 



Cardamine (Lady's Smock). Cruciferce. 



Multiplied easily by division of the roots after flowering, and by 

 seeds. 



Cardiospermum (Balloon-Vine). Sapindacece. 

 Propagated easily by seeds. 



Cardoon (Cynara Cardunculw). Composites. 



Seeds and suckers as for artichoke, to which it is very closely 

 related. 



Carex (Sedge). Cyperacece. 



Propagated by seeds sown in late fall, and by division of the 

 clumps, usually the latter. Seeds often lie dormant the first year. 



Carica : Papaya. 



Carissa. Apocynaceos. 



Propagation by seeds and by cuttings of ripe wood. 

 Carludovica. Cydanthacece. 



Propagation by division, in early spring ; also by seeds cleaned 

 of the pulp and sown on surface of a pan of finely chopped sphagnum 

 moss. 



Carnation (Dianthus Caryophyllus). Caryophyllaceas. 



New varieties are grown from seeds, mostly from hand-pollinated 

 flowers. Seeds are usually sown as soon as ripe under glass. 

 Seedlings are potted as soon as the true foliage leaves appear; 

 bloom may be expected within a year. 



The commercial florist's carnation is grown in North America 

 from cuttings rooted in winter and early spring in benches of 

 clean sharp sand over even bottom heat of about 60 and an air 

 temperature 50 to 55, protected from drafts and direct sunshine. 

 The cuttings are cut to a joint beneath and the leaves are stripped 

 from this joint so that there will be a half inch of clean stem. 

 The spreading upper leaves are cut off, and only the fresh upright 

 foliage is left. The cuttings are inserted about J inch into the 

 sand, close together in the row. Keep uniformly moist and not too 

 hot. These cuttings yield the blooming plants for the succeeding 

 winter. Best cuttings are made from the middle side-growths on 

 the flower-stems, care being taken that only healthy and productive 



