. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 154 The American Florist. Mar. /, verbena will root in about three days, I while a hard shoot from the same plant may take two weeks in the rooting pro- cess, and much the same rule applies to the variegated acalyphas, except that the latter plant usually occupies ten to twelve days in rooting anyway. Another notable example of the value of selection in attempting the propaga- tion of plants that are a little "miffy" about rooting is found in the case of that very pretty greenhouse shrub, Coprosma Baueri
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 154 The American Florist. Mar. /, verbena will root in about three days, I while a hard shoot from the same plant may take two weeks in the rooting pro- cess, and much the same rule applies to the variegated acalyphas, except that the latter plant usually occupies ten to twelve days in rooting anyway. Another notable example of the value of selection in attempting the propaga- tion of plants that are a little "miffy" about rooting is found in the case of that very pretty greenhouse shrub, Coprosma Baueri variegata, a plant that roots with reasonable facility when the cut- tings are very young and soft. For example, the short side growths from a plant that has been brought into heat, while hard cuttings will almost invari- ably damp off promptly, or else abso- lutely refuse to form roots. The same rule will apply to a much more common subject, namely, Lippia (Aloysia) citrio- dora, the lemon verbena, a plant that roots very readily from soft cuttings, but hesitates decidedly if the wood be hard. It is also a wise plan never to allow cuttings to remain in the sand or what- ever medium may be used on the propa- gating bench after they are fairly rooted, for but little nourishment can be had from such a source, and the young plant may get stunted by such treatment, besides the loss of time in filling up the space with a new lot of cuttings. The rooted cutting business has grown to large proportions withmanygrowers, but at the prices quoted for much of this stock it certainly would not pay to occupy bench room with it after the cut- tings were once rooted, and in conse- quence the crop is moved off rapidly and a new lot follows just as soon as they can be put in. Plants that may be used in filling vases and window boxes form no small item in the stock of many florists, for not only considerable variety is admissable in such cases, but also a considerable quantity, for in both vases
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