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March 13, 
GROWING TREES AND SHRUBS FROM 
CUTTINGS. 
The desire for trees and shrubs in 
the home yard, and for hedges instead 
of fences, is a growing taste that should 
be encouraged in the farmer or the 
village home owner. The onlv draw¬ 
back to prevent the gratification of 
these tastes for beautifying the home 
surroundings, as a rule, is the first cost 
of the trees or plants needed for the 
purpose, and the lack of knowledge of 
the art of growing or propagating them 
cheaply for home use. 1 here is no 
reason why the first cost of a hedge 
of privet or Althaea should be more than 
a little labor on the part of the man 
or woman who wants such a hedge 
for the home yard, and there is noth¬ 
ing that is more attractive than such 
hedges. But when the home owner 
looks over the catalogues and sees the 
prices of these plants, he hesitates about 
buying, and finally puts up a costly and 
unsightly fence—or goes along without 
either hedge or fence—thus detracting 
from the beauty, attraction and value 
of home and property. If one only 
knew that a few cuttings would make 
the hedge, the cost price would be ob¬ 
viated. Cuttings of trees or plants are 
generally to be had for the asking from 
neighbors and friends, and the growing 
of most common shrubs and many trees 
is so easy, that any woman or child 
could grow them for their own use. 
The poplars will grow very easily 
from cuttings, also the willows, the Rus¬ 
sian mulberry, afid the Oriental plane 
tree. Take the current year’s growth 
that is as large as an ordinary lead 
pencil or larger, and cut about eight 
or nine inches long, leaving a bud or 
eye about one inch from the top. Cut 
the bottom end nearly square across, 
using a sharp knife and not shears to 
do the cutting. Tie in - bundles of 50 
cuttings, putting the bottom of the cut¬ 
tings all together and even. Put these 
bundles of cuttings in some sheltered 
place, where they will not be water- 
soaked—an eastern or southern expos¬ 
ure is best. Level the ground where 
they are placed and provide good .drain¬ 
age. Place tops down, bottoms up, and 
cover with sand or loam to the depth 
of three or four inches, and leave them 
until time for planting in Spring; which, 
for these tree cuttings, should be early— 
or as soon as ground is dry enough to 
work. When time to plant, many, if not 
all of the cuttings will have callused, 
and care should be used in handling 
them not to break this callus, as toots 
start from it very soon after planting. 
To plant, put down a line and with 
a spade pushed straight down to the 
depth of the length of cutting, make 
a cut for the cuttings to be inserted, 
by pressing the spade back from the 
line. When it is the needed depth in 
ground the cut can be made the de¬ 
sired width according to the caliper 
or thickness of the cutting. Into this 
cut push down the cutting (now bot¬ 
tom down and top up), until the top 
bud or eye is level with the ground. 
When the cuttings are planted press 
the earth back to them with the feet 
and see that it is made very firm around 
them. If the ground is hard or wet 
when planting, it would be advisable to 
again put the spade straight down to 
the depth of cuttings and about .three 
inches in front of them; then press the 
spade toward them, thus insuring the 
earth being pressed close to the bottom 
of the cutting; after this firm with 
feet. The above directions as to mak¬ 
ing, caring for and planting of cut¬ 
tings applies to shrub and tree cuttings, 
except wliere less special care is needed, 
as is the case with the California privet; 
it will grow without much trouble. Cut¬ 
tings of poplars and willows start leaf 
growth very early in Spring if In a 
warm place, and should be made up 
early in the Winter or first part of Jan¬ 
uary and planted very early in Spring. 
If the above instructions are followed 
many of the common shrubs can be 
grown from hard wood cuttings in the 
onen ground bv the amateur. The 
Deutzias, Weigelas, Forsythias or golden 
bells, Tartarian or upright honeysuckle, 
mock orange, Spineas and Althaeas or 
Rose of Sharon, should all be made and 
treated as cuttings and planted in ground 
as directed above; except that shrub cut¬ 
tings should be planted a little later in 
Spring after ground is warm and the 
early plants are beginning to start leaf 
growth. The lilacs are easily increased 
from pieces of their roots, as is the 
Japan flowering quince, the Calycanthus 
or sweet shrub, the Clethra or honey 
plant, and the Rosa rugosa.^ Many jf 
the rare or slow growing kinds of the 
lilacs are propagated and made to thrive 
better by root-grafting them on the 
California privet, using a one-year 
rooted cutting for the stock and graft- 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
ing on it below where the stock stood 
in the ground—grafting by the same 
method as root-grafting apple or pear. 
I have seen amateurs grow Hydran¬ 
gea paniculata by taking strong young 
shoots—about two feet long—and plant¬ 
ing them one foot deep on the north 
side of a building in the early Fall, 
and make 90 per cent of them grow. 
This is a cheap and easy method of 
growing this popular flowering shrub. 
When a valuable hardy rose is to be in¬ 
creased, the amateur can easily propa¬ 
gate from it by taking the young growth 
that is hard, or a branch that has 
bloomed, cut about six inches long and 
remove the leaves from as much of 
the cutting as will be in ground when 
planted, but leave some leaves on top 
or above ground. Put this cutting in 
some sheltered place about three or 
four inches in the ground, then take a 
glass jar and place over it—top down, 
of course, and the tops of the cuttings 
in the jar. Press jar down in the 
ground so as to exclude air, wet around 
the cuttings thoroughly and draw a lit¬ 
tle earth up to the jar over the wet 
dirt, so it will not crust or bake; and 
prevent danger of air getting under or 
into jar. These cuttings should be 
made and planted any time when wood 
is hard enough during July or August, 
and up to the middle of September; 
CALIFORNIA PRIVET AND GRAPE 
CUTTINGS. 
August is the best time. If a quart 
glass jar is used as many as five or 
six cuttings can be put under one jar. 
Leave the glass jars over the cuttings 
until the following Summer; about the 
first of July is a safe time to remove 
them. The cuttings will need to stand 
where they were when jar was removed 
until the following Fall. This is a 
cheap and easy method to increase your 
hardy roses. 
The California privet is the most pop¬ 
ular hedge and specimen plant that is 
known or grown. For the past 20 years 
nurserymen have been increasing their 
plantings of cuttings, and yet the de¬ 
mand is greater than the supply. One 
grower alone planted one million cut¬ 
tings of this popular plant in the Spring 
of 1908, and the plantings will be 
greater in numbers this Spring than ever 
before. It is so easily grown that one 
might think that the plants would soon 
be a glut on the market, but the de¬ 
mand seems to keep pace with the sup¬ 
ply, and, in fact, ahead of it. Not only 
is this plant popular for a hedge plant, 
but for beautifying the lawn it has no 
equal. The expert gardener with his 
shears finds it the easiest plant in cul¬ 
tivation to trim and train into all kinds 
of fancy or grotesque shapes. One can 
see standard plants of this useful shrub 
rivaling the beautiful bay tree, also the 
pyramid forms, again it is made into 
an easy chair form, a bottle, a vase, a 
globe, or any fanciful form, according 
to the artistic taste of the gardener. 
No other plant will stand so much 
pruning while growing, and at the same 
time- thrive, as will the California i 
privet—hence its popularity. The same I 
rule holds good with it as a cutting; 
it will grow under the most adverse 
conditions and for the most careless and 
inexperienced planter. At the same 
time, no plant will so richly reward the 
careful and painstaking man. In good 
rich soil, where it is well cared for, 
it gives a wealth of dark, glossy, green 
leaves, and is one of the most beautiful 
foliage plants in cultivation. The best 
cuttings are made from wood not larger 
than an ordinary lead pencil, and with¬ 
out any side branches to cut from it. 
Cut about six inches long with a knife 
or shears; tie in bundles of 100 or 
more, and bury as other cuttings—tops 
down and bottoms up—or privet cuttings 
can be put in a cool cellar and packed 
in moss, sand or sawdust, standing or 
almost any way, if kept cool. Plant 
early in Spring, and as directed for 
planting other cuttings, except it is best 
to leave two or more < buds or eyes 
above ground of the nrivet. 
The Houghton and Smith’s Improved 
gooseberry and all the currants can be 
grown from cuttings in same man¬ 
ner and by same treatment as shrub cut¬ 
tings; but cuttings must be kept in a 
very cool place, and planted very early 
in Spring, as they are among the very 
first plants to start at the approach of 
Spring. The grape is easily propa¬ 
gated from cuttings, but the bottom 
cut should be made close to an eye, 
and the top cut about two inches or 
more above the top eye, and the length 
of cutting must be regulated by length 
of joints, as all cuttings should have 
an eye at bottom and top. The short- 
jointed kinds will be easily made in this 
way at an average length of eight or 
nine inches. E. s. black. 
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