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CUTTAGE. 



hardy shrubs can be easily propagated in this way when 

 the work is difficult or unhandy in the open air: c. £-., 



jS. Begonia leaf cutting (x^). 



Spiirra Cantonensis, {S. Rcci'csii of tlie catalogues), and 

 JJ. Win Hoiitlci, the roses and the like. Stock plants of 

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

 obtained in like manner. 



Leaf Cuttings. — ]\'Iany thick and lieavy 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 'xNt^'^ 



of the best plants "^''"^i^^^ 

 for showing the pos- 

 sibilities of propaga- 

 tion by lea\-es. 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 



79. An upright begonia leaf cutting (x^i 



