CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

THE N lJR,SERY--LIST 381
in &-inch pot,s, but the best results, in pot plants, are t,o be obtained
in ,9- or IO-inch pots 01’ IL’-inch pots st8arted in November and
December. If thcb plants arr to be used for decoration, they should,
of course, lw gro\vn iri pots, but the best results for cut-flowers
are usually. obtained by growing in the earth. In any case, the
cuttings arc maclc from the tips of basal or strong lateral shoots
lat,e in Februnr>7 to Xiay. One form of cutting is shown in Fig. 118.
If the plants art‘ to 1~) flowered in pots - in which case they usually
mature clarlitbr -- thcb cuttings may IW start4. as late as April, or
even Jurw ; Itrlt if thq’ are grown in the soil and large plants are
desirecl, the c!lt.tings should be taken in Fel)runry or Ma!,ch. The
plants which itW floIVcret1 in the soil arc gcnrrally grown in pots
until July-. 7’1~ I~li~nts arc flow~~~l l)ut, once, new ones being
groivn from (buttinKs ra;ac+ c\t’ar.
Sornct irncls the old stools of florist’s c*l~rysanthemum are divided
beforcl growth Iqins in spring, but this is unusual. Suckers,
partialI!. rootctcl or usc~l as cut.ttngs, may LLISO be taken from the
old crowns.
Chrysobalanus (Cocoa-Plum). I- propagated by the little tubers, planted in spring where
the plants are to grow.
Cicer (Wck-Pen. Garbanza). I,ry!~~.~j~nscr.
Seeds sown in spring whcrc tlw plants arr to grow propagate
the plant freely.
Cimicifuga (Riiglmnc). I(III111.~1~1i~it(‘(‘~.
Grown front scetls sown when mature‘, tlw seed-bed being kept
cool and m&t ; pl;lnts will probal)ly not il~lPC?lr till spring ; also
from divisions in fall or spring.
Cinchona (Peruvian Bark). Rubinwn.
In greenhouses, propagated by mat,ure-wood cut _ t,ings _ in heat
or from imported stcds. In the tropics by seeds, with only a thin .
covering of ea.rth ; protect from rain and sun and keep uniformly
moist ; transplanted when about 2 inches high.