PROPAGATION WITHOUT SEEDS 



equal parts of sand and thoroughly rotted leaf mold. 

 Set them horizontally, and make them about two inches 

 long; cover them an inch deep and firm the soil down. 

 Keep moist and rather cool ; a cool cellar is a good place 

 for them. When they are ready to grow — when they 

 show growth above the earth — they may be brought 

 where it is warmer. 



Common Shrubs Propagated by Layering 



Calycanthus; Carolina allspice or sweet shrub: 

 simple layers, put down in summer, severed in late 

 autumn. 



Exochorda; pearl bush: simple layers, put down 

 in summer, severed in late autumn. 



Forsythia; golden bells: simple, serpentine, or tip 

 layers, put down in summer, severed in late autumn. 

 Tips will root where they strike the ground, often with- 

 out earth over them. 



Kerria; corchorus or globe flower: simple layers, 

 put down in summer, severed in late autumn. 



Philadelphus; garland flower or syringa: simple 

 layers, put down in summer, severed in late autumn. 



Rhus; sumach; simple layers, put down in sum^mer, 

 severed in late autumn. 



Ribes; flowering currant; mound layers, covered 

 in summer, severed the following spring. 



Viburnum; viburnum, snowball, etc.: simple 

 layers put down in summer, severed in late autumn. 



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