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bloom from July till the frost cuts them off. If any 

 come up with two or more shoots, which they will if 

 there be more than one eye to the tuber, all but one 

 should be cut off. The treatment when planted out 

 being the same in all cases. (Gard. and Florist, ii. 

 25.) 



To promote this mode of propagation, Mr. Paxton 

 recommends the old entire roots to be placed in a 

 warm situation (a south border- is best) and covered, 

 except the crowns, with old bark or light soil ; observ- 

 ing to shelter them from frost, and other injuries to 

 which they are liable. When the buds have broken, 

 and are an inch or two in length, the roots may be 

 divided into as many parts as may be desired, taking 

 care that each division has one or more promising 

 buds. 



By Autumn Cuttings. — This is a mode of propaga- 

 tion sometimes adopted, but it is open to many objec- 

 tions, and should not be practised except when it is 

 very desirable to increase the numbers of some very 

 rare and valuable variety. The cuttings are taken off 

 as directed in the case of spring cuttings, are pre- 

 served in foliage through the winter, and are ready 

 for planting out at the end of May. 



