April  22,  1897, 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
343 
We  have  yet  to  discuss  the  treatment  of  old  plants,  and  allusion 
must  also  be  made  to  the  method  of  propagating  by  means  of  root 
cuttings.  After  all  the  cuttings  needed  have  been  obtained,  the 
(previous  year’s  plants,  and,  if  need  be,  the  best  of  the  older  ones, 
out  of  their  pots,  and  shake  or  fork  away  the  greater  portion  of 
the  soil  from  the  roots.  It  is  then  when  root  cuttings  may  be 
taken  without  injury  to  the  plants,  but  it  must  be  added  they 
can  be  had  much  earlier  from  old  plants  that  it  is  intended  shall  be 
Fig.  72— BOUVARDIAS. 
should  be  taken  in  hand.  If  not  already  freely  shortened  back,  !  thrown  away  soon  after  flowering.  Every  short  length  of  strong 
cut  them  over  again,  much  the  same  as  a  Fachsia  would  be  pruned.  root  with  a  few  fibres  attached  may  be  dibbled  thinly  in  pans  or 
They  quickly  recommence  top  growth  in  a  gentle  moist  heat,  and  j  pots  of  soil  a*  recommended  for  cuttings  of  young  shoots,  leaving 
when  the  shoots  are  one-eighth  of  an  inch  in  length  turn  the  plants  j  only  just  the  top  or  thicker  end  showing.  Plunged  in  a  bnsfc 
