. 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. Gardening. FICUS FIG 585 leaf, the leaf being curled up and tied with raffia, and the small piece with the eye set into the propagating bed. This is a bed of sharp sand, or sometimes of sand and chopped sphagnum moss or fine cocoa-fiber. Fre- quently the single-eye cuttings are put at once into the smallest sized thumb-po
. 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. Gardening. FICUS FIG 585 leaf, the leaf being curled up and tied with raffia, and the small piece with the eye set into the propagating bed. This is a bed of sharp sand, or sometimes of sand and chopped sphagnum moss or fine cocoa-fiber. Fre- quently the single-eye cuttings are put at once into the smallest sized thumb-pot, with a mixture of very finely ground potsherd and charcoal filling about one-half the pot, and either soil or sand for the balance. A small stick is used to hold the leaf upright. These pots are plunged into the propagating benches in either sand,. 820. Ficus elastica, the Rubber Plant of florists, moss or fiber, and a steady bottom heat of from 75° to 80° is applied and kept up until the plants are rooted. As a rule, such beds are inclosed in a glasshouse, in or- der to keep about them close, warm and moist atmos- phere. Only ventilation enough to permit the moisture caused by the evaporation to escape is allowed on these beds. In this country, propagation by the first described method can be continued nearly all the year round. From experience of both methods, the writer can say that the top-cutting and mossing process is better by far, especially where plenty of stock plants can be main- tained. After being shifted from the smaller sized pots into 3- or 4-in. pots, the young plants will stand a great deal of liquid manure as soon as they are rooted throiigh or become somewhat pot-bound. Many propagators plant out the young plants from 3- and 4-in. pots into cold- frames after the middle of May, or when all danger of night frost is past. They do very well in the bright, hot, open sun, but must receive plenty of water. After being planted out in frames, they should be pot
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