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254 THE NURSERY-MANUAL
Blandfordia. 1T,il!invm.
Multiplit:d by stx& sown in sandy peat. with mild bottom heat ;
by offsets ; and by division of the old plants, which must be performed
wl~n repotting in early spring.
Blechnum. ~~ol!llt(~(lict~‘rl(~,
Propag:ltvtl 1)~ spores ant1 by tli\rision from the end of the rhi-
20111e. Sf?l~ l’;‘/‘~IS, I’;‘#’ :i 12.
c’9wh l&rtw.
Bletia and Bletilla.
These arch ttvestriill, and their fla,t rollndish pseudobull)s art’
Propagateci i)y rrmo\~ing and perhaps di\.iding bushes or clu~nps
from the wild ; by’ 1;~~~s ;- by cuttings ; b>r seeds ; by graftage.
S~tls w;~l~tl froui frtbsh I)errics and solved at once in two parts
of peat to one part of &3ii Silnd will Ijegin to germinate in two to
four weeks if t IW nigllt tthmperature is kept down to 60” F.
Selected and h>.l)riti blueberries do not, “ come true” from st~l.
Lowbush blut~bc~rrit~s whicll spread 1,~. rootstocks are readily propil&ltd
bJ7 cli\*ision, !)u t highbusll blueberries u:;ually have no
rootstocks tIlla fxllllot t,e propagated satisfactorily in this waJv.
Layering and Irlolincl-la?t~rin:: are easy but slow. Soft-wood
cuttings root with great rlifliculty 13t’C’ilUSt1 of the escessiye heat
of summer. YilriOllS Spt‘Ciill nlt~thods of propagation haIre been
devised. 1‘1 It‘ most ~kdd of these arv “stumping” (which, like
layering, is slow), “ tubering,” ant1 wintrv cuttings. Budded
plants are unsuital)hb for pcrmanc~nt. plilntiIIgS l~cause they ilrtb
continuallJv sending up new and undesirable shoots from t 11th
stock., but butltlitl(p h iltfC)l’llS tilt> quickest 111t’UIlS Of growing it large
amount of clotting-wootl ~froin a ~~aluable ~‘oung hybrid. (hfting
is more difiivrilt ikilt less SiltiSfiWtOQ~ than budding.
The sand usccl ill vutting-t)t& should be clean, with referenctb
especially to Clil)‘, Imcteria, lime, and At ; the peat either bog
or upla.nd, I jut formed from t~ri~a~ous plants and taken from
near the surface ; tllld ttltl Wilter free from lime.
bstl~trl.ph-f-. --- (‘ut the bush to the ground in the dormant season,
outdoors. C’o~r the stumps 2 to 3 inches with a mixture of 1