January 6, 1897.] 



Garden and Forest. 



of the labor is shown, and another year before it is certainly 

 determined. A great majority of the seedlings usually turn 

 out well, however, and, strange to say, scarcely any two are 

 alike, a fact which accounts largely for the numerous varieties 

 found in cultivation. 



Tanytown, N. Y, William Scott. 



for outdoor decoration is the variegated Arundo donax, and 

 this is a good time to prepare for its increase. One of the 

 most satisfactory ways of working up a stock is by treating the 

 canes of last season's growth just as Dracaena canes are 

 handled — that is, by laying them down in a propagating bed 

 and just covering them with sand or a mixture of sand and 



Fig. 2. — Patton's Spruce on Mount Ranier.— See page 



Hints on Propagtit 



ion. 



MANY plants are quite readily propagated during the win- 

 ter, more easily, in fact, than in spring, when the sun is 

 stronger, and the vitality of cuttings is quickly exhausted 

 unless they are carefully watched. Among the useful plants 



sphagnum, or sand and cocoa fibre. If kept thoroughly moist, 

 these canes will break from nearly every joint, and the young 

 shoots will emit roots and may then be cut from the parent 

 cane and potted up. The same result is sometimes secured 

 when these canes are placed in a tank of water in a warm 

 house, and I have seen an excellent crop of young plants 



