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i10 THE NURSERY-MANUAL
months. If bottom heat is desired, the plate may be set on
the back part of the kitchen stove. Oleanders usually root
best when mature shoots are placed in
bottles of water. Refractory subjects
may be inserted through the hole in the
bottom of an inverted flower-pot, as explained
on page 89.
Certain plants art’ grown from firrk4icood
crrttiwp, as diervillas (weigela), roses, liydrangeas
(Fig. lL)2), lilacs. These plants
art- woody subjects, and the cuttings
reprc5ent shoots that have nearly or
practically completed growth The cuttings
are taken in essentially the same
way as the bardwood cuttings described
on p;lge 104. They are
often used in summer,
when the buds have de-
Wlop”‘l ar1tf tlw w\ ,od
has about attained its
full size. They are
cut to two to four or
five buds, and are planted an inch or two
deep in sliadecl frames. They are kept close
for somt’ dam-s :lftcr setting, and the tops
rirt’ sprinkletl frcqut’ntlJY. Care must be
t.alieik il0t t0 sot tlicni too deep ; the!7 are
ra.rely put iii o~i 311 inch, if the cutting is
six or se\‘t’il iil(4ltls lollg. \YlWn tnlien early
ill tllc st’ilsoil. tllel- are kl~wn as “June-
/
struck r*uttiiigC
FIG. 123. Rose
tin!: (s i).
Several we~lcs arc required for rooting the
firmwood cuttings, but good plants are obtained, which, when
wintered in ;L r&l-frame, may be planted out in beds the uext