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THE NlJRSERY-LIST 333
ripened wood ma>- 1~ taken in fall, and stored until spring in a
rttthcr dry place. ;Ilso increased b,r* seeds, divisions and layers.
The variegated sorts do better if grafted on strong stocks.
Hickory (carya, or Hicoria, species]. ,Jqlnn.dnceae.
PJropagated chiefly by seed S, which should be stratified or planted
(;tbout 3 inches deep! as soon as ripe. Seeds are sometimes planted
at inttkrvals in the field where the trees are to stand; but this
I)ractice is scarcely to IW recommended, when there is opportunity
t 0 t ranspiunt sce(flings annually in t,he nursery (established trees
~10 not transplant well). Seeds may be planted directly in the
nr~rst~r~~ in :iutumn, but to obviate loss bj. rodents it is customaq
to str:l1 if>- tllrhti1 till spring, the husks being first removed ; the
Illlf-: iil’t’ IlOt CTit~~liCVl. T11c hickory can be grafted by veneer- or
sl~lic~~-~r;kffin~ in winter on potted stocks, without special diffic~lllt>~.
( ‘left-grafting Vi111 be employed outdoors, however,
tilt* stril, l)ein# cut 3 to G inches below the ground, and the cions
(YI\*~wv~ Ivitli ekrrtil, 3s for grafting the grape. The cions must be
ptbrP:lc? l\. (l!!r!n;~ n t I illl(l ;trc’ safer, therefore, if they have been kept
on ice or in 3 \.rBr>-(*old c~~llar. Saddle-grafting upon young twig5
is soriietilnc5 11.5e~l. Slliehi- an(l flute-1)ridding of$~n succeed in
thth hickorit9, ;LS in f:~c*t ~tktn~’ kinds of graftage do ; but, the skill
of tllrb opt~l’ittor is Illort’ important than the method. Named
[-a&tit5 II~;LJ’ l)th ~vorkt~~l on I)“ttc4 plants of C. co~rl~jormis (C.
rltrlrirtrl untlthr ~lxis itI spring. SW also P~‘,‘i’1l~k
Fuller’s n~thorl of propagating the hickory is to employ the
side roots of tlie trc;tt, which art’ severeli i\Ilti allowed to grow from
tlke seVereri t.licl. ;\s ctescribed 1)~. \\‘. :I. Taylor, “ the severed
sidcb roots ;trt’ struiglltc~rl~~d up and tied to stakes to hold them in
position, wit11 ttichir r&lit ~1~1s al)out. lc\~el with the surface of the
ground to stiIriulattb thtb formation of shoots from adventitious
buds, on(s c!f \vliic*li is ~b\~r~ntualljY made the trunk of the new t~rei~-
The lower enci of th(b root is not se\Tereil until the top has formed,
wlwii tlic new trtntl should be transplanted to its permanent. location
ill ric*lt ilntl 1~~1low soil and kept well mulched until thoroughl>
estal)lisllc3l. ‘l’l~t~ rtlththod k slow and sharply limited in extent of
application, t)ut is pthrhiips tlw surest in the hancb of the amateur
growc’r. ”
Hidalgoa. (IO I/I posifw.
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Seeds ; also cuttings. Closely allieti to dahlia.