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PROPAGATION 
Various methods have been tried for the following 
plants. The results are as follows: 
Bougainvillea glabra magnifica . 
Very thick cuttings given the usual treatemnt will 
root with difficulty. 
Cuttings the thickness of a pencil will occasionally 
root in water. ' 7 
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The most effective method of propagation so far is 
to take cuttings of ripened wood leaving one leaf and put 
them in a pot in a bell jar. The extra heat is condusive 
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to good root formation. Hooting by this method takes 
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place in 4 to 6 weeks. It has been noted that if a leaf is 
left on the cutting roots form before shoots appear above 
soil level. If all the leaves are removed the cuttirg 
shoots from the top without having- roots beneath. 
Crafting was unsuccessful. Some approach grafts 
have been started but have only been on a comparetively 
short time. Budding and grafting might be successful 
with a little heat. 
Boug. Amarault, B. Hida, and B. Mrs. Lancastor will 
root easily from half ripe heel cuttings. 4 ~ **** 
Amherstia nobilis and Brownea. 
Several layers have been put down but have not yet 
had time to be effective. 
Chonemorpha penangensis 
Hoots fairly readily if the leaves are removed 
Odontadenia speciosa 
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The only successfully rooted cuttings obtained were 
from very thick ones that were placed in a sand pit in the 
orchid house. Hooting took place in 5 weeks. 
Hondeletia odorata 
Hoots with difficulty in the ordinary way, roots 
fairly easily in a sand pit. 5 ^ h ■*'! 
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