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the greater part of them from the latter, but seeds are occasionally 

 employed. These stocks are two years old when imported, having 

 been transplanted the first year from the cutting-bed or the stool- 

 yard. To secure extra strong plants and a uniform stand, some 

 growers graft quince cuttings on pieces of apple or pear roots. In 

 such cases the plants should be taken up in the fall, when the quince 

 will be found to have sent out roots of its own ; the apple sprouts (or 

 even the entire root) should be removed, and the quince replanted 

 the following spring in the nursery row, otherwise suckers frequently 

 spring from the stock and interfere with the growth of the quince. 

 The union is sufficient to nurse the cion for two or three years. 



The flowering or Japanese quince (Chcenomeles lagenaria) is best 

 propagated by short root-cuttings, which are usually made in the 

 fall, and scattered in drills in frames or in a well-prepared border in 

 spring. Cuttings of firm, nearly mature wood, handled in frames, 

 will grow, but they are not often used. The double varieties are 

 root-grafted on common stocks of C. lagenaria in winter. The plants 

 are then grown on in pots. Common quince (Cydonia oblonga) stocks 

 are occasionally used, but they are not in favor. The Chinese quince 

 (Chcenomeles sinensis) is worked on the common quince. 



Quisqualis. Combretacece. 



Propagated by softwood cuttings in sand with bottom heat ; by 

 seeds when obtainable. 



Radicula: Horse- Radish, Water-Cress. 



Radish (Raphanus sativus). Cruciferas. 



Raised from seeds, usually sown where the plants are to grow. 

 In forcing-houses, the young seedlings are often transplanted into 

 the beds. 



Ramondia. Gesneriaceas. 



Increased by seeds in spring, or old plants by division. 



Rampion (Campanula Rapunculus). Campanulaceae. 



Grown from seeds, sown where the plants are to stand; good 

 roots are obtained the second year, although if early sown it may 

 run to seed the first year. 



Randia. Rubiacece. 



Cuttings of the young shoots in spring in sandy soil in heat. 



