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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



Soil. Mode of Propagation. 



r By offsets from the bulbs, or by seeds; plant 



, 1 ^ ) while frrowing should be placed in a pond 



Aponogeton ....Loam and peat < . , ^ ^ 



^ ° 1 or cistern of water, and should be kept dry 



^ all winter. 



/-By seeds, when thoy can be imported; some- 



Araucaria Peat and loam ) times by cuttings ; but the latter method sel- 



( dom produces good plants. 



Arbutus Rich sandy loam 5 inarching, or the common Ar- 



( butus ; sometimes by seeds and layers. 



Arctopus Loam and peat By seeds. 



Arctotheca Loam and peat By cuttii'.gs freely. 



^ The herbaceous species are incrcai;ed by divid- 



Arctotis Peat and loam ) ing them at the root; the shrubby sorts by 



( cuttings. 



Ardisia Loam and peat ) """"'^^ °^ ^'^^^ ^'^e" ^ 



I are obtained, by that process. 



Arduina Peat and loam Cuttings strike root, but not readily, 



Areuaria Peat and loam By seeds, and also by cuttings of the plant. 



Arethusa. Rich loam and peat. . . .By seeds, which should be sown as soon as ripe. 



Aristea Peat and loam (Readily propagated by dividing them at th< 



( root, as well as by seeds. 



Aristolochia . ..Loam and peat Easily propagated by cuttings, 



Artemisia Loam and peat Easily propagated by cuttings. 



Arthropodium.. Sandy loam and peat . . Multiplied by seed, or by dividing at the root 

 Asclepias .... Sandy peat and loam. , By seeds aud cuttings. 



Ascyrum Peat and loam Cuttings of the young wood strike freely. 



Aspalathus. . . . Loam and peat By seed, and by cuttings of the young wood. 



Asparagus .... Loam and peat Cuttings will root best in a cold frame. 



Aspidium Peat and veget. mould. .By seeds, and by dividing at the roots. 



Asplenium .... Peat and veget, mould. . By seeds, and by dividing at the roots. 

 Aster Peat and loam By cuttings. 



Astroloma . . .Sandy loam and peat . . Cuttings of the yoxmg wood strike pretty freely. 



Athanasia Peat aud loam By cuttings. 



Atraphaxis. . . . Loam aud peat By cuttings, 



Atriplex Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Atropa Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Aulax Sandy loam ) increased readily but by seeds which are 



< imported. 



Azalia Sandy peat (Cuttings of the young wood strike pretty well 



( in a bottom-heat 



Babiana Sandy loam and peat. . Rapidly by offsets from the roots, or by seeds. 



Baccharis Peat and loam Cuttings of the young wood strike freelv. 



Bajckia Peat and loam Freely by cuttings. 



Balsamita Peat aud loam By cuttings. 



Banksia . , Peat and loam 3 cuttings, but the best plants are from seeda 



( imported from New-Holland. 

 Bartholina . . . .Sandy loam and peat . . Requires little water while in an inactive state. 



