THB GARDENING WORLD. 
Carpatior? r“ R K ESS . 
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Maclaren and Sons. 
Carnation Rose Pink Enchantress. 
January 4, 1908. 
ORNAMENTAL 
Trees and Shrubs. 
WHEN AND HOW 
TO PROPAGATE, 
This is a branch of gardening that re¬ 
ceives very little attention in numerous 
private gardens, owing in many cases to 
want of space and proper conveniences, 
also to the length of time it takes to 
work up a stock of proper planting size. 
It is, however, a very interesting study, 
and if plenty of room is available, there 
is no reason whatever why an abundance 
of these beautiful subjects should not 
be produced at home, especially consider¬ 
ing how very easily many of them are 
increased. It is, of course, quite im¬ 
possible in the space of a short article 
to mention a tenth part even of the many 
beautiful flowering and otherwise orna¬ 
mental trees and shrubs now in cultiva¬ 
tion. I will therefore enumerate a few 
only of those most generally grown, with 
some details respecting propagation. 
Many flowering shrubs, such as Lilacs, 
Svringas, Robinias, Spiraeas, Berberis, 
Deutzias, etc., are most readily increased 
by means of suckers. Propagation by this 
means is very simple, all that is required 
being to merely dig up the suckers, re¬ 
duce the root and top to the proper size, 
and plant in nursery lines for a year or 
two until wanted for permanent places. 
Layering is another mode of propagation 
that may 7 be successfully practised with 
such plants as Rhododendrons, Azaleas, 
Camellias, most Roses, Aucubas, Skim- 
mias, Clematis, Acers, Pyrus, Forsythias, 
Daphnes, Ceanothus, Magnolias, etc. 
With the above-named patience is neces- 
sarv for they sometimes take two years 
or "more to root. The best time for the 
operation is from midsummer to autumn, 
the branches that are produced near the 
bottom of the plants naturally being 
chosen. These should be firmly secured 
by stout stakes or pegs after having been 
cut or notched half way through, and then 
well covered with soil. 
With tall-growing trees, incision of the 
branches may be practised by cutting off_ 
a small ring of bark of the branch or 
tongueing, as in the case of Carnation, 
and fixing round the branch operated 
upon flower pots carefully broken in half 
and filled with sandy soil. Many of the 
above mentioned may also be increased 
by cuttings of half-ripe wood in the 
autumn, inserted in a spent hot-bed in 
which there is still a slight heat. The 
following, among others, are nearly al¬ 
ways raised from cuttings, being very free- 
rooting subjects : -— Myrtles, Ribes, 
Weigelas, Choisya ternata, and Veronicas. 
American plants, including Andromedas, 
Ericas, Pernettyas, Kalmias, Ledums, 
Azaleas, etc., are usually struck from cut¬ 
tings of half-ripe wood, inserted in pots 
of very sandy peat any time from July 
to September, and kept close under hand- 
lights or bell-glasses until rooted. These 
being peat-loving plants, lime in any form 
must never be in the soil in which they 
are to be gr'o’w'n. 
A. V. Parratt. 
Boundstone. 
Almost everyone who admires Carna¬ 
tions, and especially American Carna¬ 
tions, knows Enchantress, with its huge, 
delicate, flesh-pink flowers. The variety 
under notice is, as its name describes, of 
a beautiful clear rose-pink shade. Several 
sports have been obtained from En¬ 
chantress, and the dark one is not always 
of the same bright hue. Messrs. Hugh 
Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Middlesex, 
have secured the clear rose-pink shade. 
This is not likely to' be confused with Mrs. 
T. W. Lawson, because the sport bears 
as large flowers as its parent, and indeed, 
the plant itself does not differ in any 
respect from its parent, except in colour. 
Our illustration represents a whole 
plant in a small pot to show how prolific 
this variety is. The small plant bears 
only four long shoots, and three of these 
were in bloom when photographed. For 
decorative purposes the two just men 
tioned, that is, sport and parent, would 
make beautiful companions for decora¬ 
tive work, either in the cut state or as 
grown upon the plants. In this respect 
