. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . two common methods of grafting Rho-dodendrons and other woody plants. The details of theunions are shown in Fig. 2107, and the completed workin Fig. 2108. Statements are made that cuttings of half-ripenedwood will strike, but it is not likely that this will everprove a practical me
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . two common methods of grafting Rho-dodendrons and other woody plants. The details of theunions are shown in Fig. 2107, and the completed workin Fig. 2108. Statements are made that cuttings of half-ripenedwood will strike, but it is not likely that this will everprove a practical method of propagating B. maximumor the Catawbiense hybrids: it might be worth while toexperiment with wood grown under glass, particularlywith some of the smaller-leaved evergreen kinds. Cultivation. —The point upon which the successfulAmerican growers of Rhododendrons now insist is thatthe water supply shall be sufficient. See H. H. Hun-newell, in G. F. 3:201 (1890). To effect this: (1) makethe soil deep and tine, using materials like peat, leaf-mold, well-rotted manure and yellow loam, all of which natural water supply, nor so near buildings that theborder is sheltered from rain or overdrained by cellarwalls; (5) mulch with leaves summer and winter, pro-tect from wind and sun with evergreen boughs in win-.
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