April 22, 1891.] 



Garden and Forest. 



187 



mosphere is also injurious. Plants intended to be forced may 

 either be lifted during the previous spring and placed in tubs 

 or pots, where they continue growth during the summer, or 

 fibrous-rooted kinds may be lifted with an adhering ball of 



b ossoms are desired. Where the winters are not severe some 

 of them may be taken directly from the ground in mild 

 weather, but where the earth is liable to remain frozen it is 

 best to have all out of reach of frost. Cuttings of some kinds 





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?- 34— A Cottonwood Trea {Populus mono'.ifira) on the hanks of the Kansas.— See page 182. 



earth in the late autumn, and, together with the potted plants, 

 be placed in a pit or cellar until wanted. Plants for exhibition 

 or ornament are generally taken up and potted long before be- 

 ing forced, but autumn lifting usually answers where only 



may make good, compact little flowering plants in the course 

 of a few months' growth. 



Deutzia gracilis and Rhododendron {Azalea) mollis and 

 others are now almost universally grown for winter forcing, and 



