CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

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itl)ottt thr plant in spring to a depth of 3 or :i inches and fill with
fintb compost to within 2 inches of tlit> tops of the shoots. The
Ilt’Xt q~rittg, Carcflllly \ViLFll ilWily tllc compost, and plant the small
white lauds in pots of fitic soil. Place in a cool frame. This method
is specially adapted to I.). Crzrorif.~rz. Cuttings tnay be used. Soft
wood from forrctl plants ma,y bc taken for this purpose. Mature
wood may al50 hc entplo,~~l, particularly in the evergreen species ;
thrl cuttings tire set ttncler glass in fall and carried over winter
in a cool gtxx~tthortse, tnild bott.om heat being applied in spring.
Tlic PlilntS are soiwtiiries propagated in winter by gtxfting on
stct-lling stocks or on roots. ?Geedlings of II. Ln~c~oZn and roots of
I). 3lrW~Pl/1?1 nlilkP gfot)Cl Stocks for II. 0f/OIYt. The stock most used,
pm1 dgY, is 11. M~r~rr 1)) roots.
II. otlo~ is prop~tgiitt~d 1)~. ripened cuttings in a cool house, in
Sillttl ; sotn~titnes the 01~1 wood can be used ; the time is determined
1)). tl1v fitness of the wooc-1.
Darlingtonia. r%mrrcf~~~irrcm~.
Hitndlcd 1))~ tli\*itling tlte plants ; also grown from seeds sown in
I>ittl+ on li\-cx q~hapntttn iind kept cool and moist in a propagatingbOS.
Dasylirion. Lilimwr.
I Ysually grown from seeds ; suckers and cuttings of branches,
WltVtl tllt’y arises, 11litJ’ itIS 1E Used.
Date, Date Palm ( I’hwrr i.r drrc~yl~fmr). I'nlmnrtw.
The seeds from rottltttcrcial clattas grow readily (if they have been
properl\- pollitlitt ancl withottt stratification. Brief stratification,
of four or sis wetbks, i5 sometimes employed for the purpose of
softening tht> St&-coats. iI\s a greenhouse subject the date is
usuall~~ grown from 5et:tl. Seedlings are also sometitnes employed
in cortimt3Gl plilntil t iOIl< , although the ses of the resulting plants
Cannot lx* foWtol(l. Steels art’ planted in the nursery, and the
plant< transplat~tecl in ottc to three years ; or sometimes the seeds
;tr(’ plantecl in the ficbl~l where the bearing trees arc to stand. ,4
suficitlnt nittnl)r~r of sct~cllitigs sltoultl bc provided so that superfluous
malts 111Ry lw ClillliIlitttvl.
(‘omtnercial d:I tes arc prOpilg:ttCd by suckers that arise about
the lmse of tlw 01~1 trttnk. Thcsc are prcfera,bly handled in pots
if takt~ wltrtt tlw ground is cold, l,ut tntiy bc set directly in permanent
quarters in wartn wcathcr, as in spring. The suckers may be