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CASSELL'S POPULAR GAKDENING. 



2. Conifers of whioli cuttings may be taken from 

 any portion of the plant, lateral or otherwise : — 



Arthrotaxis — Tasmanian 



Cypress, 

 Biota— Chinese Arborvitse. 

 •Cephalotaxus — Cluiiese 



Yew. 

 Cryptomeria — Japanese Ce- 

 dar, 

 * Cunningliamia. 

 Cupressus— Cypress. 

 ♦Fitzroya— Fatagonian Cy- 

 press. 

 •Ginkgo— Maidenhair Tree. 

 *Glyptostrobus — Chinese 



Water Pine. 

 ■Tuniperus— Juniper. 

 *Libocedrus — Incense Ce- 

 dar, 



*PodocarpuB. 

 *Pruninopitys — Plum-fmited 



Yew. 

 Betinospora — Japanese Cy- 

 press. 

 •Saxe-Gothaea— Prince Al- 

 bert's Yew. 

 *Sciadopitys — Califomian 



Eed-Wood. 

 Seqnoia — Umbrella Pino. 

 Taxodium — Deciduous Cy- 

 press. 

 Taxua — Yew. 

 Thuja — Arborvitffl. 

 *Torreya — Foetid Yew. 

 ♦^ellingtonia — Mammoth 

 Tree, 



position before the cuttings are inserted. As a guide 

 in selecting and preparing the cuttings, it may he as 

 ■well to repeat here what we have already said with 

 regard to the length and age of the shoots most 

 suitable for this purpose. The age of the wood 

 should not exceed a year, the shoots should be 

 healthy, with green leaves upon them, and long 

 enough to admit of their being firmly planted, and 

 to allow several buds and leaves to remain above 

 ground. If possible, without in any way injuring 

 the plants from which cuttings are taken, a heel 

 should be pulled off with each cutting, or sufficient 

 of the previous year's wood be severed with each to 

 form a base to the cuttings. Many common free- 



Eooted Cutting of Eetinospora. 



Rooted Cutting of Thuja 

 Pig. 15. — Cuttings op Conifers. 



Cutting of "Wellingtonia. 



Cuttings of those marked with an asterisk require 

 the warmth of a frame and a little bottom heat when 

 callused. The remainder may be propagated under 

 hand-lights or cutting-boxes out of doors. 



General Method for Out-door Plants 



Select a sheltered border under either a hedge or 

 wall with a north-west aspect. Should the drainage 

 in this border be defective this must be remedied by 

 removing the soil to a depth of eighteen inches or so, 

 and placing in the bottom a layer of brick rubble, 

 clinkers, or other rough material as drainage. Over 

 this a layer of turfy soil should be placed, the whole 

 to be then filled in with light sandy soil. In pre- 

 paring the soil for the reception of the cuttings 

 see that it is moist enough to bind well, tread it 

 down firmly, and level the surface. If frames or 

 hand-lights are to be used, these should be placed in 



rooting plants may have their longest shoots cut in 

 suitable lengths, and planted in the ground without 

 any particular care. Those requiring more attention 

 should be either dibbled into the prepared border 

 about an inch apart in rows, and trodden in firmly, 

 or, if a quantity are to be planted, the soil may be 

 opened out in drills by means of the spade, and the 

 cuttings pressed against the firm side of the drill, 

 and the soil then filled in and pressed down firmly. 

 "Water may be given immediately after planting, 

 or, should the soil be already very moist, no water 

 need be given for a time. Generally the rain falls 

 frequently enough to keep the cuttings sufficiently 

 moist. Many soft-wooded, free-growing plants will 

 root in a short time, so that in the following spring 

 they may be removed from the cutting-border and . 

 planted in the open. Others, such as Hollies, often 

 take twelve months to form roots. A safe guide to 



