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cuttings 2 or 3 in&s long. It. is a good plan to stand them on moss
in pots ; roots will t’ortn in the moss. Old shoots past flowering
may 1.~ cut ant1 erowdt4 together in sh:dlow 1~s~ and kept warm
and dry to force si&-shoots .for cuttings.
The carpet-bedding kinds are propagated in November and
L)ecetnbrr from leaYes , giving plants for tltc nest season’s work.
The leaf is gently twisted off, with the dormant. asillary bud intact.
The lc:t~es art> laid on thrlir backs in a depression in the sand of
the propagat in,- (r bed in two rows so that the butts touch ; at their
butts t1lc.y are covered about 2 inches deep. V’ithhold water till
roots form , anti water sparingly thereafter. Three or four weeks
arp required for rt;ot ing.
The alive (lirt>ctions :lppl~r also to t&everia.
Cowpea ( I -i{gt/fr sir~r~,~s;s). l.r’~ptitl rItosu’.
Frost-ten&r annual grown frotn seeds sown when weather berom~‘s
m-arm, 1 t0 I ; l~usl~cls to the acre.
Crambe (Sea-K&B). (.lr*llcifr~~.
Etaiwd clasi\>- frc>tn x4.
Cranberry ( I vcwci,l ire VI r~~rt~orrxr~x~~.). 11Jricmm. (Elizabeth C.
The coti~tt~~rcial prolxlgatioti of ctxtiberries is entirel> by cuttings.
These are ot)taincrl 1,). tttowing with a s-the
\-igorous vines on a
well-establishctl Ijog. The \.itics shouhl l)tl cut itntnediatcl~ after
the withdrawal of 11~ wintthr flowttgth ; or, it’ front an unflowed bog,
before growth starts in thch spring. In ~tlst~ the new area to be
planted is not t~ntirrl;~ prepared, thtb cut, tines should be made into
bales and entircl~ sul)ntergetl in wattlr. In this way they may
be kept in perfect c*ontlition for ph~nting for a month to six weeks
or t’vt1t-t longer.
After thcl ground has been tlrained, le~~4ed and sanded, I if
sanding is rl~G~l, --- the cuttings, ptx4rrul.J~ S to 12 inches long,
are thrust ol~liquel~- into the soil at the tnidtlle with a blunt
ins trutnent , lcl;i\-ing about 2 inches of each end exposed. In
planting on sanded ground, care should be taken that the cutting
reacht5 info tlicb nlrreli l~low the sand. The cutt,ings should be
set three or four in :L play and I :! to 1% inches apart. In
soft ground the cuttings may sometimes be pushed directly into
the soil witltout previously making a hole, but more frequently it
is desirable first to make a hole with a dibble or similar tool, and