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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1907 



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Propagating Japanese Barberry 



IN THE October, 1906, number of The 

 Garden Magazine, Mr. John Dunbar 

 says, "None of the barberries, to my knowl- 

 edge, will strike from hardwood cuttings." 

 In view of this statement, a little experience 

 of my own may be of interest. 



Two years ago, a neighbor pruned his 

 hedge of the Japanese barberry (Berberis 

 Thunbergii) in late winter, giving me all the 

 clippings I desired. From them I made 

 about two hundred cuttings five or six inches 

 long, of well-ripened wood of the previous 

 year's growth, and placed them in a cutting 

 bench of clean sand in a carnation propa- 

 gating house, where they received the treat- 

 ment accorded the carnation cuttings, as far 

 as watering, temperature, and light were 

 concerned. A temperature of 54 was main- 

 tained in the sand, and the air was two degrees 

 higher. The cutting bench was so placed 

 that it received no direct sunlight. If it is 

 not placed out of the direct sunlight, the 

 glass must be lightly whitewashed, or in lieu 

 of this, a thin muslin screen placed close to 

 the glass. 



In eight weeks, fully two-thirds of the 

 cuttings were well rooted and were then 

 transplanted to small pots, and later planted 

 in the open ground where they now are, some 

 of them having shoots more than two feet 

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I have noticed for two years that among 

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