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may be used ; also layers of the bushy kinds. Rare or choice kinds
may lw grclfted 011 seed-raised stocks of C. fzrZl~~rsccns.
Cardamine (Lad+ Smock). Cruc$~~
hZultiplied easily by division of the roots after flowering, and by
stwls.
Cardiospermum (Balloon-Vine). Sayk,dacece.
I’ropagate(1 c4ly 1)~ seeds.
Cardoon (I’jjntr,‘rt C’rr~tlrcrlrl.~I~~~). Compositm
Seecls am1 suc*l~c~rs as for artichoke, to which it is very closely
rt’liLtd.
I’rt,I)~&gtLtt’tl 11). setbtls sown in late fall, and by division of the
t*Iunlps, usuall~~ the latter. Seeds often lie dormant the first year.
Carica : 1’upa~Ja.
Carissa. :1 pe!/~t 11ctw.
Propagatiort l,y seeds and by cuttings of ripe wood.
Carludovica. (‘yda 11 thrrcr w.
Propa~atiou I,)* cli\,isiou, in ~rly spring ; also by seeds cleaned
of the pulp aucl sowu 011 surface of a pan of finely chopped sphagnum
IIIOSS.
flowers. Seeds :lrv usuully sown as soon as ripe under glass.
Seedlings are potted as soon as the t.rue foliage leaves appear ;
bloom may be expected within a year.
The commtrt~ial florist’s carnation is grown in Xorth America
from cuttings rootect in winter and early spring in benches of
eleun sharp sum1 oiver even bottom heat of about 60’ and an air
temperature 50” to X0, protected from drafts and direct sunshine.
The cuttings are cut to a joint beneath and the leaves are stripped
from t,his joint so that there will be a half inch of clean stem
The spreading upper leaves are cut. off, and only the fresh upright
foliage is left S The cuttings are inserted about 2 inch into the
sand; close together in the row. Keep uniformly moist and not too
hoi. These eut,tings J-it 1~ ld +E- L Lc. blooming plants for the succeeding
winter. Best cuttiugs are made from the middle side-growths on
the flower-stems, care being taken that oniy heaithy and producf.ive