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Aucuba can be grown to perfection here. It would almost seem 

 that some men located m parts of our great land where climatic 

 conditions are less severe than in the East and Middle West should 

 go into the growing on of Aucubas more extensively and advertise 

 their many good points. We can get along without them, and the 

 majority of florists do so today, but we would be better off if we all 

 had a good stock on hand. 



Cuttings taken from the plants after the young growth made 

 during June and July has hardened off a little will root freely during 

 the Fall months in the propagating bench. Keep the httle plants 

 in pots during Winter and plant out the following Spring in a cold- 

 frame with good soil; either pot up in Fall or lift the plants with a 

 good baU of soil and plant out on a soUd bed in a coldhouse. Plant 

 out again the following Spring and by the middle of September 

 root-prune the plants; this is done by taking a tiling spade and 

 cutting the roots say 4 in. or so from the plants all around them. 

 This will cause the remaining roots to make a lot] of small, 

 fibrous rootlets, 

 and when you lift 

 them by the end of 

 October you will 

 have plants which 

 will be large 

 enough to go into 8- 

 in. pots that won't 

 notice the trans- 

 planting at all. 

 Keep them in a 



cool house over 



Winter and the 



following year 



plunge the pots 



outdoors and let 



them have a couple 



of good doses of 



liquid manure. 

 Of course it is 



best for the aver- 

 age retail grower, 



to purchase plants 



2 to 3 ft. in height 



in 6- or 7-in. pots; 



or even smaller 



stock suitable for ,,.,„„. . rr ^u- • ,■ ^ 



,. Fig. lOS.^AzALEA Anthony Koster. This is one of the 



immediate use. showy varieties belonging to the hardy class 



