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THE NURSERY BOOK.— By L. H.Bailey. A complete handbook of Propagation and 

 Pollination of Plants. Profpsely illustrated.. This valuable little manual has been, 

 ; compiled with great pains. ' The author has had unusual facilities for its preparation, hair-' 

 ing iieen aided by many experts. The book is absolutely devoid of theory and specula- 

 tion. It has nothing to do with plant physiology or abstruse reasoning about plant 

 growth. Jt simply tells, plainly and briefly, what every one who sows a seed, makes a 

 tutting, sets a graft, or crosses a flower wants to know. Itis entirely new aiid original in 

 method and matter. The cuts number 107, and are made expressly for it, direct from na- 

 ture. The book treats of all kinds of cultivated plants, fruits, •Vegetables, greenhouse 

 plants, hardy herbs, ornamental trees, shrubs ant: forest trees. 



Contents ; 

 \^ I. — Seedage. On Propagation by Seed. 

 ^ II. — Separation. 



'%■ m.— Laverage. Tropag;ation by Layering. 

 IV.— CuTTAGE. Propagation by Cuttings. 



v.— Graftage.— Including Grafting, Budding, Inarching, etc. - ... 



VI.^NuRSERY List.— This is the great feature of the book. It is an alphabetical list 

 of all kinds of plants; with a sho^.statement telling which of the operations descril>ed in 

 the first five chapters are employedfin propagating tliem. Over 2,000 entries are made in 

 the list." The following entries will give an idea of the, method : 



Acer (Maple). Sapindacecs. Stocks ,are grown from stratified-seeds,' which should 

 be sown ,an inch 01 two deep; or some species, as A. dt^carfium, come readily if seeds 

 are sown as soon as ripe. SomB cultural va-rieties are layered, but better plants are ob- ■ 

 tained" by grafting. Varieties of native species are worked upon common or native stocks. 

 The Japanese sorts;are winter-worked upon imported A. polyTnorphum stocks, either by 

 whip or veneer grafting. Maples can also be budded in summer, and they grow readi^ 

 from cuttings of both ripe and soft wood. 



Fliyllacactas, Phyllocerens, Dlsocactns (Leaf Cactus). Cactea. Fresh, seeds 

 grow readily.. Sow in rather sandy soil which is well drained, and apply water as for com- 

 mon seeds-'. When the: seedlings appear, remove to a light position. Cuttings from 

 mature, shoots, three to six inches in length, root readily in sharp sand. - Give a ■ tem- 

 perature of about 60°, and apply only suiRcient water to keep from flagging. If the cut- 

 tings are very juicy they may be laid on dry sand for several days before planting. 

 VII.— Pollination. -' . - , 



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