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Codiaxtm ((‘roton of gnrckners). ~uphorbiaw~.
sew \-aritbtit5 ill’t’ produced by seckd, started in heat. Cuttings
of half-ripcnecl t~ooct taken in winter or spring make good
plants if struck in a hottom heat of SO”. Large branches nmy be
moused (air-layered) and ~na.c:le thereby into separate plants ; this
treatment is often also employed with old t,all plants : an incision
is mack in tl~b strlu beneath the crown of leaves ad moss is
tied about the plant, and in ahout three weeks it should he read)
to be se\*crcd and potttd.
Ccelogyne. Orch iclwvrF.
Propagated 1,~ cli\-ision and by taking off the back bulbs.
Orc’hids, page ST?.
See
Coffea i]ccrt?t*~). R?h-rrrt~rr~.
I-rider glass as iln ornamental or “ economic ” plant, coffee may
be grown from ripe cuttings.
As a crop in the tropics, coffee is raised from seeds. Sometimes
yoluntecr st4ling:; in old plantations are used, but it: is best to
p!nnt ihe seeds, after the pulp is remolyed, in carefully prepared
shaded seed-he&, well protected from hearer rains. In ten to twelve
weeks, the plants should be ready to transplant to nursery rows,
the first foliage len\~t~s hal4ng appea,red. The tap-roots are cut
back. LIfttAr ai)c,ut five pairs of true leaves are driveloped, the
plants ma>’ 1~ scbt in the field ; they should bear in three or four
years.
Coix (.Job’s Tears). Gaut irtr~a~.
Grown from seeds, sometimes started indoors with heat.
Colchicum (.-Iuturnn Oocus). I,iliuccce.
Increased h?, SW&~ as so011 a$ ripe, June to hiy ; tliso propagated
b>, separation just after the leaves die, end of June or early July.
Coleus. Liil~icrfcr.
hlultiplicd b). seeds (which grow readily) for new Lrarieties ; also
by cuttings of soft growing shoots with the greatest ease at any
season. J*‘ig. 117.
Collards (Brrl~ic~ oI~~rucca yar. accphala) . Cr uciferw.
Grown from seeds: in the South started in February and March
so that growth rnq- be made before hot weather, in the North in
July\- or Ilugust so that the growth may bc made before winter.