. 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. 420 broad ribbons CUT-FLOWERS 16 carried in the hand or over the Tiin^tlv lived are roses and lilies-of- ' '*. f I III little in the various cities, III ill There I . Ill "1- \M stern flower. With the .ii -"1111- varieties of carnations, the rs will be found the same the country
. 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. 420 broad ribbons CUT-FLOWERS 16 carried in the hand or over the Tiin^tlv lived are roses and lilies-of- ' '*. f I III little in the various cities, III ill There I . Ill "1- \M stern flower. With the .ii -"1111- varieties of carnations, the rs will be found the same the country over. In the census of 1890 Cut-flowers were estimated to make more than one-half of the florist's business. One good book especially devoted to the business has been produced,âthe late M. A. Hunt's "How to Grow ; Robert Kift. CUTICLE. The outer surface of herbaceous parts of plants. It consists of the outer walls of the epidermal cells. These walls are much thickened and cutinized. Minute waxy rods upon the cuticularized surface of many fruits, such as the grape and plum, give to them their peculiar bloom. The Cuticle is nearly impervious to water. The preservation of fruits depends in large measure upon the retention of moisture by the Cuticle. Cacti and other desert plants have their epidermis re- markably cuticularized. â ^_ yy_ Rowlee. CUTTAGE. The operation and practice of growing plants from severed parts. A cutting is the gardener's name for a piece of the stem, root, rootstock or leaf, which, if cut off and planted under suitable conditions, will form new roots and buds, reproducing the parent plant. This term is usually given to parts of the stem; a part or the whole of the leaf, when so used, is called a leaf-cutting; a piece of root or rootstock is called a root-cutting. The scales of some bulbous plants, e. g., the lily, can also be used as cuttings. A cion used in .grafting might be called a cutting which unites and grows on the roots of an
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