22 NATIVE FLOWERS OF VICTORIA. 
species, of course, cannot be so reproduced; others 
will grow readily. Cuttings taken from the plants 
growing in the wild will rarely grow; they must be 
taken from evenly-grown cultivated plants, and pre- 
ferably from plants which have been grown in pots. 
The cuttings should be taken from the young or half- 
ripened wood of mature plants, and grown in pots in 
pure sand and in the glass frames. This method is 
only to be tried when all other methods of reproduc- 
tion fail. Eucalypts and Acacias may be grafted on 
to seedling plants in pots, but it is far easier and it 
gives just as good results to grow these plants from 
seed. 
The growing of seeds of native plants is a matter 
that requires a good deal of attention. Generally 
speaking, the seeds are of two classes: first, those 
which come up under ordinary garden conditions, and 
second those which will not germinate owing to their 
hard impermeable coats, unless some special treat- 
ment is accorded to them. To the latter class belong 
the seeds of many Leguminous or pod-bearing plants, 
such as Acacias (wattles), Hardenbergia (sarsapar- 
illa), Goodia, Indigofera (indigo), Viminaria 
(Broom), Hovea, and many others. Naturally, the 
very large majority of these remain in the soil until 
a bush fire passes over the country. Then the outer 
hard cuticle being burned, the seeds wiU germinate 
and a good growth results. Sometimes the seeds 
grow without this burning, but in this ease some ex- 
ternal action has occurred to destroy or injure the 
outer coat. Such seeds, then, should be soaked for 
some hours in water (which has been poured on to 
