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Making Cuttings of Perennials 

 This sort of cutting can be made of hundreds of perennials. If 

 you wish to increase your stock, merely take little slips in the Spring 

 when the plants are six or seven inches tall. Be sure to leave a few 

 buds below where the cutting is taken; it will not injure the plants in the 

 least, but will cause them to become branchy. Choose wood that is 

 a httle ripened. x 



Perennials which are readily propagated by cuttings are: 

 Arabis Dahha Hollyhock Lotus 



Asclepias Eupatorium Iberis Perennial Sunflower 



Cerastium Helenium Larkspur Phlox 



Chrysanthemum Hesperis Lobelia Pink 



Clematis Heuchera Loosestrife Potentilla 



Leaf Cuttings 



^ Leaf cuttings are rarely made in the garden, but if some friend has 

 given the reader^a slip of a Rex Begonia he may attempt to root it. 

 Remove all but one leaf and oftentimes that leaf needs shortening. 

 The leaves removed can be cut up in small pieces so that each piece 

 has a portion of the heavy midrib at the base. When inserted in sand, 

 several inches deep in a warm greenhouse, the base will root and a 

 y6ung plant starts. 



Root Cuttings 



Root cuttings are interesting to make. Plants with rather thick 

 roots can usually be propagated by this method. A box will be neces- 

 sary for such propagation; it should be about three inches deep and 

 nearly filled with a fight loam. The roots are cut into pieces an iuch 

 and a half long, and are scattered over the surface of the soil and 

 covered about one-half inch deep with fight soil. The box should then 

 be placed in shade, watered and covered with a paper. In a short time 

 shoots will start and the young plant can be transplanted to another 

 location. The following plants can be propagated by this method: 

 Polygonum, Euphorbia, Plumbago larpentae, Saponaria, CoroniUa 

 varia, Achillea, Japanese Anemone. 



There are a number of perennials propagated by root cuttings 

 which succeed better when the roots are planted perpendicularly with 

 a fittle piece of the end protruding. They are usuaUy fleshy rooted 

 sorts. Among the plants are: Itafian Borage (Anchusa), Plume 

 Poppy (Bocconia cordata), Dodecatheon, Stokes' Aster (Stokesia 

 cyanea). Bee Balm .(Monarda), perennial Phlox, Gaillardia, Gyp- 

 sophila, Hefianthus rigidus, Thermopsis, Papaver, Statice, Bleeding 

 Heart, Peony. Lfly of the Valley is increased by separating the pips 

 or individual crowns. Among the vegetables, Horseradish is so 



