THE GARDEN PRIMER 



Common Shrubs Propagated by Cuttings 



Ceanothus; New Jersey tea: readily from green 

 cuttings in spring; ripe cuttings in autumn, set at once 

 in flat, in coldframe or indoors. 



Cornus; dogwood or cornel : those of naturally soft- 

 wooded growth from ripe cuttings readily; all from 

 nearly ripe cuttings, in summer. 



Cydonia Japonica; Japanese quince: root cuttings 

 in the fall or early spring. 



Diervilla; Weigela: green or hardwood cuttings. 



Deutzia; Deutzia: green or hardwood cuttings. 



Hydrangea; hydrangea: half ripe or nearly ripe 

 cuttings in summer, in flats ; also ripe cuttings. 



Sambucus; elder: cuttings of ripe wood or root 

 cuttings. 



Spiraea; spirea: ripe wood cuttings. 



Syringa; lilac: green cuttings made in June and 

 set in flats indoors; also hardwood cuttings. 



Crimson rambler, yellow rambler, memorial 

 (Wichuraiana) and all prairie (setigera) roses; hard 

 wood cuttings, of the season's growth, taken in late 

 autumn^ held over to callous and planted out in spring. 



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