. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. lished therewill be another batch of youngcuttings to be cut from these plants, and in thisway the whole stock may be raised from healthyyoung cuttings. The little root-space that we c;inafiord to allow many bedding plants that are propa-gated early is nothing short of starvation long beforethey are planted out, by which time growth is tempo-rarily pumped out, and a considerable timeelapses before healthy growth takes place afresh,unless the weather is very favourable at plantingtime. I think
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. lished therewill be another batch of youngcuttings to be cut from these plants, and in thisway the whole stock may be raised from healthyyoung cuttings. The little root-space that we c;inafiord to allow many bedding plants that are propa-gated early is nothing short of starvation long beforethey are planted out, by which time growth is tempo-rarily pumped out, and a considerable timeelapses before healthy growth takes place afresh,unless the weather is very favourable at plantingtime. I think later propagation for many plants, anda more generous system of cultivation, would be agreat benefit, and would give an earlier say some of our experienced flower gardeners?W. Hinds. Coprosma Baueriana variegata as a BeddingPlant.—This is one of the most beautiful beddingplants that we possess, and is sometimes employed incarpet-bedding with exceedingly good effect. It is,however, more frequently seen as a dwarf greenhouseshrub (and a pretty one it is, too) than as a bedding. Fig. 62.—FRITILL.\ 0RANEN3IS. (sEE P. 34O. very graceful. As soon as the flowering is over theyare placed under the greenhouse stage, watered for afew weeks, and then allowed to become quite dry,when they are shaken out. I get from four to sixgood bulbs from one, and a quantity of small sort I grow is L. tricolor. J. C. Propagating Alternantheras These, the most lovely plants that we possess for carpet-bedding,although easily propagated by division or from cut-tings, succeed best when propagating is not taken inhand too early in the season. They also enjoy heatand moisture, and a rich open soil to grow in. Inoticed last year that plants that were raised bydivision did not grow so freely as those that wereraised from cuttings. I think we are often in toogreat haste in propagating plants for the flowergarden—no doubt from anxiety to get through thework in good time. The most s
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