CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

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Antirrhinum (%a.prhxgon). Sr~oph?{~nriarc~cr.
lncwastd !iy stw’l;; sij\vn in cariy spring for summer bloom OF
in tnitlsllnlnlcr for wirltc>r lh~~~ undt~ glass ; by cuttings, which
sltonltl bc tiik(xn ill Sthpt ~rnb~ or in spring, when they will readily
root. untkr glass. alost, kinds are hard>-, and for earlJ* spring or
summc’r bloom :WWIS arc som&ncs son’n in the open in August
or Septeml)er anal 1~41 protected in winter where they stand ; in
the spring, the plants may be fi.?~r .$lted from the seed-bed.
Plants started in stm~mclr may be used for winter bloom under
&5!5.
Aphelandra. d 1 CYI ~1 I~wv(~.
Handled b~7 ci 1 t t ings from half-riprnctl wood at. any time, or from
young ~x-ood tilktbn u-itlt. il. hc4 ; pIact in pots of sandy soil, and
1d1111pc~ in pot~tl l~~tton~ heat. (‘an bc increased by seeds, when these
;~rc 0l)tainal)l~~.
Apicra. I,iliilfVY~.
I’ropaga tion 8s for tlloe, \~hic+ set\.
Apocynaceaz. Apocynads.
;I11 the> shrnl)l)Jv sl~e(ks art’ reatlily increased by cuttings from
tht1 J-01111g *(Troivt It or 13~ sr~cls, while thcl hcrl~a~rous pla-nts are
propagat~4 11)~ (li\‘kion antf stwts.
Aponogeton, inclllclin~ On\%xnclra. 1 l~)r,n,09(~fr,,r’irrr’cr.
I’rop;lg;ltt4 r;t1)icil>~ by ~~1s an(l oflfsets. The seeds should be
sowII tks so01I 3s ril)tl :Inci not tlritltl, in pcjts sunk in water and covfbrcld
with glass, or in 1~11s of earth submerged. To obtain good
st~ls, th(t flo\\-fbrs slic~ltl be prtllinatc~ct and kpt above water.
Ti,(> 1‘ c~c -: +kaf (-.1 ~N~ZKMJYO~~, or O~rGrcrrltfrrr, fr~~csfrrrlis) is propagated
I);\- (livision.
Apple ( I’!~I.Ics Mrrl~rs). Hosncrcr.
St;rndar(l Apple stocl~s are grown from seeds, and dwarf stocks
from monnd-la>-ers. 4-\pplt‘ seeds are either imported from France
or ol)taintld from poniace. Formerly “ Vermont crab ” stocks,
grown from the pomace of SW Enpland cider mills, and largely
from stbeclling trcxths, were popular in the Xorth and West. Of late
>-oars, with thtb (lis;lI’E)~‘;1r~lnc(‘ of seedling trees, these stocks have
lost favor, sinccb thlb)- cmIc larF;c‘l~- from cull fruit. of grafted trees.
7%~ Fron~h ~~1s fiivc what are tc&nicnlly known as crab stocks,
although Lotnnically not crab-apples. The yearling stocks them-