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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



Soil. Mode of Propagatlo*. 



Orewia Loam and peat By cuttings of the ripe wood. 



Grielum Sandy gravel Cuttings root readily. 



^ , , , (By dividing at the root, and cultivated as an 



Gvmuera Loam and peat J 



I aquatic plaut. 



Haemanthus . . .Rich sandy loam By offsets from the roots, 



Haemodonim . . Loam and peat By dividing the roots. 



Hakea Peat and loam 5^^ ^"'^^5^ of the ripe wood, put in, ia winter 



( or early in spring. 



Halleria Peat and loam By ripened cuttings. 



Hallia Loam and peat Cuttings of the young wood strike freely. 



Hamiltonia. . . .Loam and peat By cuttings of the ripened wood. 



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



Hedysarum . . .Light rich soil Both by seeds and by cuttings of the young wood. 



Helianthemum. Sandy loam and peat. .By seeds, & also by cuttings of the ripened shoots. 



Heliophila . . . .Sandy loam and peat . . 5 P""^'?^"^ ^^^'^ |^^hough cuttings of the 



( young wood will strike root. 



Heliotropium. .Peat and loam By cuttings of the young wood. 



llermannia . . .Peat and loam By cuttings. 



Herniaria Light soil Cuttings of the young wood root freely. 



Hibbertia Sandy loam and peat . . By cuttings. 



Hibiscus Peat and loam By seeds, and by cuttings. 



Hippia Light soil By cuttings of the young wood. 



Hippocrepis. . .Loam and peat Cuttings strike freely. 



r This genus is increased by small tubers from 

 Hoarca Light turfy soil < the roots, which should not be planted deep 



C nor yet much watered. 

 Ilopea Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Ilovea Peat and loam By cuttings, and sometimes from seeds. 



Hovenia Peat and loam Cuttings of the ripened wood strike freely. 



/- By cuttings in a brisk heat. Every leaf taken 

 Hoya Rich light soil ) close off the plant and potted will make a 



(. plant, if kept in a good heat 

 Hudsonia ....Peat soil (This plant is difficult either to keep or to in- 



( crease. Cuttings sometimes will root 

 Hydrangea.... Rich soil ( Most readily by cuttings either of the young o 



( old wood. 



Hj-pericum ... Peat and loam Cuttings of the young wood strike freely. 



Hypoxis Sandy loam and peat . .By offsets, and by seeds. 



Iberis . . - Rich light soil By cuttings freely. 



Ilex Rich soil By cuttings of the ripened wood. 



Illicium Loam and peat Cuttings of the young wood strike freely. 



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



lonidium Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Ipoma;a Rich light soil By cuttings in spring, in a bottom heat 



Iris Peat and loam By the suckers which they throw up from their roots. 



rLike most other plants allied to the genus Pro- 



Isopogon Peat and loam ) ^^^^ ^'^^^^^ propagate. Seeds 



J are sometimes imported by which a stock i* 

 V. procured, but cuttings seldom auswer. 



