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BEGINNERS' BOTANY 



Fig. 162. — Old Geranium Plant 

 cut eack to make it throw out 

 Shoots from which Cuttings 

 can ee made. 



dow plants are those which 

 old. Tlie geranium 

 and fuchsia cut- 

 tings which are 

 made in January, 

 February, or March 

 will give compact 

 blooming plants for 

 the next winter ; 

 and tJiereafter new 

 ones should take 

 their places (Fig. 



163). 



The Hardwood 

 Cutting. — Best re- 

 sults with cuttings 



It is not always easy to 

 find growing shoots from • 

 which to make the cut- 

 tings. The best practice, 

 in that case, is to cut back 

 an old plant, then keep it 

 warm and zvell watered, 

 and thereby force it to throw 

 out new shoots. The old 

 geranium plant from the 

 window garden, or the one 

 taken up from the lawn 

 bed, may be treated this 

 way (see Fig. 162). The 

 best plants of geranium 

 and coleus and most win- 

 are not more than one year 



of mature wood are 



Fig. 163. — Early Winter Geranium, from 

 a spring cutting. 



