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CUTTAGE. 



Jjardy shrubs can be easily propagated in this way when 

 the work is difficult or unhandy in the open air : e. g.. 



y8. Begonia leaf cutting (xj^). 



Spirtza Cantonensis {^S. Reevesii of the catalogues), and 

 S. Van Houttei, the roses and the like. Stock plants of 

 the soft species, like coleus, lantanas and geraniums, are 

 obtained in like manner. 



Leaf Cuttings. — Many thick and heavy leaves may be 

 used as cuttings. Leaf cuttings are most commonly em- 

 ployed in the showy-leaved begonias, in succulents, and 

 in gloxinias, but many plants 

 can be propagated by them. 

 Even the cabbage can be 

 made to grow from 

 leaf cuttings. The 

 bryophyllum is one 

 of the best plants 

 for showing the pos- 

 sibilities of propaga- 

 tion by leaves. If 

 one of the thick 

 leaves is laid upon moss or sand in a moist atmosphere, 

 a young plant will start from nearly every pronounced 

 angle in the margin (Fig. 77). In Rex begonias, also, the. 



An upright begonia leaf cutting (x}^). 



