EUONYMUS 



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which can not only be used as substitutes for imported stock, but 

 which can also be grown on here. v 



Growing on Specimen Stock ; 



The florist who wants to grow on a stock of Euonymus, cannot 

 start out any better than by purchasing a batch of well estabhshed 

 plants out of 4-in. or 5-in. pots. If he wishes to grow these on for 

 specimens and gets the plants in Spring, I would suggest taking the 

 tops off and rooting them indoors in a well-prepared, deeply culti- 

 vated soil. Maybe you have an empty, cooled-off hotbed that will 

 be just the thing, if there is enough soil on top of the manure. If 

 not, put on a 6-in. or 8-in. layer and dig the whole bed over. Give 

 the plants plenty of water during the Summer and they will make a 

 nice growth; pinch off the long shoots to keep the tops in shape. 

 You can lift the plants by the end of October and if you have a 



cold house, I wouldn't pot 



them, but would plant them 

 close together on a solid bed. 

 The following Spring give them 

 a good root pruning (it won't 

 hurt them a bit) and plant 

 them out again. With three 

 seasons of such handling, you 

 will have the third Fall 5-ft. to 

 6-ft. specimens that will require 

 butter tubs. If you kept them 

 pinched nicely, they will be 

 bushy, shapely plants for which 

 you will have aU kinds of good 

 use. In the meantime the cut- 

 tings you rooted during early 

 Spring and some more of half- 

 ripened wood taken in Fall, 

 have grown into nice, bushy 

 plants, some in 6-in. pots. 



The florist who has window 

 boxes to fin (such as we often 

 see displayed during the Sum- 

 mer months on buildings in the 

 business section of a town) and 

 who therefore needs foliage 

 plants, couldn't possibly have 

 anything more appropriate than 

 variegated Euonymus. They 

 also make fine house plants if 

 not kept too hot; or they can 



Fig 153.— Euonymus japonica lati- 

 FOUA AUREA. TMs and other related 

 forms deserve more attention. They can 

 be used for decorating like Boxwoods and 

 Laurels and can stand a great deal ot 

 abuse 



