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tllry cil,ll slick 111, tht’ wat,tbr. ijwkd watering may 1~ used,
:tnd often is, 1,111 it iliiist 11thtft~ with gWilt catx~. Ik m?ain that
thtb sporty ;IIX’ full>. riptt whet1 gathrm4. The ~*oung plants should
1~ pricli~*tl omit \vl~cbii tlita true loaf appcbars, amI t.hc*y are largo enough
to hxncllt~. ‘I’lic~ s;tii~t~ cxrclful treatment shoul~l 1x1 cont.inued until
tlicty art‘ c3t;tl)lisht~cl in pots. Thcbre is little tlif-liculty in getting
tiw ~‘o\ing plants, if ftwl~ spms arc Ol)tilin:Ll)l(~, Ijut there is con-
Sic-lc~Wi)lt~
roiltblt~ irl li;rii(lling tlw ]$lilntltxtS, +ntl establishing them
in tIltair q*t~wilig tIIlitrtt’l’5.
Ferula (Gi;itil I:r-riibt-I). 1. ‘r III hril( fr.)‘w.
ILlis(l(l 1.1‘IBIII scull suwn in sl)riiik 7 whc
plants are to grow.
Ficus. .l IOl’WW.
‘l‘h grt~~1~1101is(* sl)tbtsic5 iI l’t’ ~IlVI~MR;l,ItYl l~‘y l;i,>9~rs iltld cuttings.
‘I\(> t-111 I ilip ;113* li;li)tlhl iii a, c*losc~ fril.lTlf\, ;tnci :l leaf Or two is
mmllly It+? on tllt’lll. For Firus Curim, xc Pig. Propagation
lb>- steels is soint~tinlt5 ~ri~ployt~t~ in the c~dil,lc figs, but is not easy
\vit 11 tlltb Orllil,lIlf’tltitl sorts. F. dnstim, F. ,irdicn, and the like
;,rt iiic’rt3s4 1)~. writ t ings (cotnn~only single-eye), leaving one
txiitirtt hut i111tl I)ottCVl singly in 2-i.nch pots which are plunged ;
or the cllttings ;tr-
sc>t in wiiltcr, l)t$ore growth hogins. Last season’s wood
sllt~llltl lW wtd. .\ ~Y~II~II~~GI nWlio(l of niultiplJving F. elastica
(rul)l)c~r-I)l~tllt! is lb\- il~~tiis of (‘hincsc or air layf2rs or “ mossing ”
(StY‘ IXl,I$.‘ 7(i). It’ ‘tl,(b IWI~SC citn 1~ kept mois’t, simply a ball of
sph;tgriu~~ IWIII~(~ on tlw sttw is sufficic~nt, without the use of a
split pot, or il. .I)iiI)t‘r ~WIIC (;LS SIIOW~ in Figs. W and 69). Plmts
of cV~lI~irlt~IYl1~lt~ siztk, fit for nurst’ry trade, can 1.~2 obtained more
(liiic~kly Iby this ~~hint50 layering (if one has good stock plants)
than 1)). cuttings.
Fig (Fivus (itrrirtr). .II0rnwtr.
Figs grow rt~iitlily from thtl plump st~otls in the comtnercial fruit.
IYash ollt thtb s~tls, all(l thosct that sink may 1~ sown in a frame.
The ~OI~I~K I)lilnt. s will appear in thrtae or four weeks. In three to
fiVcb ~PilrS tllc ~Ilii~iti will begin to lxbar. New varieties are obtained
in tl$ Wit)‘.
Vurictics of the fig arc multiplied with ease by layers, suckers and