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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
choice kinds should be inserted in a frame where they 
can be easily shaded, and kept moist and close — the 
three essentials for the quick rooting of cuttings — 
for some days. In any case, the soil should be light, 
rich, and sandy, and the cuttings should always be 
“ watered in ” well with a fine-rosed can. In the open 
air a nice sprinkling overhead two or three times a 
day will be beneficial, keeping the soil and atmos- 
phere cool, and checking evaporation. When well- 
rooted, the cuttings may be either planted out in their 
permanent positions, or grown on in pots for a season 
in a cold frame or cool o-reenhouse. 
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3. Hardy Plants from Root Cuttings. — Almost every- 
one has probably seen how easily small pieces of root 
of the Dock, Horse-Radish, Sea-Kale, &c., develop 
into new plants when placed in damp soil. Advantage 
is taken of this fact in the case of plants that cannot be 
so easily or satisfactorily increased in any other way. 
So far as hardy ones are concerned, the following can 
be increased by cutting up the roots in early autumn 
or spring, into pieces about 2 inches long, and cover- 
ing them over with an inch of rich sandy soil, viz. : 
Acanthus, Anemone japonica, Amelia echioides, Bocconia 
c or data ; JJidamnus Fraxinella, Eryngium, ( Sea Holly), 
Inula, Echinops Bitro, Papaver orientate, Platycodon 
grandiflorum, Senecio pulcher, Statice latifolia, Trache- 
lium coeruleum. 
4. Hardy Plants by division of the Rootstock. — 
Quite a large number of hardy herbaceous perennials 
are easily increased in this way. The rootstocks may 
be taken up, say not later than September or October, 
in some cases, and more or less carefully pulled apart. 
