CUTTINGS OF RIPENING WOOD. 



6g 



such spireas as .S. crata:gifolia, S. rotundifolia var. alba, 



and .S. Cantonensis 



( S. Reevesii of the 



trade), var. robusta. 



The reader must not 



suppose, however, that 



all rose cuttings are 



made after the fashion 



of Fig. 74, although 



that is a popular style. 



Tea roses, and other 



forced kinds, are very 



largely propagated from softer wood cut to a single eye, 



with most or all of the leaf left on (Fig. 76). 



These firm-wood cuttings, about two inches long, are 

 often made in the winter from forced plants. Cuttings 

 taken in February, in the north, will be ready to transfer 

 to borders or nursery beds when spring opens. Stout, 

 well-rooted stock-plants are used from which to obtain 

 the cuttings, and they are cut back when taken to the 

 house in the fall, in order to induce a good growth. Many 



76. Single-joint rose 

 cutting {x 25). 





y^. Young plants from a leaf of Bryophyllum calycinum {x%). 



