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cliance is then afforded of liand-picking and destroying them. Fowls 

 allowed at this time the run of the vineyard are also said to devour 

 large numbers of them. 



HOW TO PKOPAGATE FLOWEEINa SHEUBS. 



An esteemed member of the Association requests that information 

 may be given on tliis subject, being desirous of enjoying the "pleasure 

 of having flowering shrubs in his grounds, and finding that it is only 

 occasionally that he can succceed in raising those received from the 

 nurseries. In compliance with this request we give the usual methods 

 of propagating some of our most desirable hardy shrubs, in the hope 

 that the information here given may j)rove both interesting and profit- 

 able to many of our readers. 



The Jajpan Quince is one of our shrubs that is very easily propagated 

 by layers, cuttings of the roots, and seeds. The branches should be cut 

 with a tongue, as is usually done in layering, and layered sufficiently 

 deep to be kept moist through the summer, and remain in tlie ground 

 until the next spring, by which time they will be fou.nd to be rooted, 

 when they can be cut loose from the parent shrub and set out as inde- 

 pendent plants. The proper time to put down the layers is in spring, 

 as soon as the soil has become somewhat warmed and settled, and before 

 the leaves ]gut forth. It may also be propagated from root cuttings. 

 In order to grow them in this way successfully, it is desirable to prepare 

 a hot-bed sufficiently large to insure a durable, gentle bottom heat. 

 When this has been secured the bed should be covered w^ith about four 

 inches of good, rich, sandy loam, the roots of the shrub cut into pieces 

 about four inches in length, should be thrust into the soil at an oblique 

 angle, so as to be covered about half an inch deep at the upper end, 

 and three inches deep at the lower end, then gently watered with a fine 

 rose, so as to settle the soil well about the cuttings, and the sash kept 

 on day and night until the sprouts have made their appearance above 

 ground, when they should be treated as to heat, air, and moisture in 

 the same way as any tender growth. Care must be taken with the 

 watering before the shoots appear, not to apply so much at any time 

 as to materially reduce the temperature of the soil, or to make it at all 

 sodden. As the young plants increase in strength they should be 

 gradually hardened off, and by mid-summer be enal)led to endure the 



