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loom. These cut,tings are slips (page 107) of the growing wood.
SW the various species, under their respective heads.
Hovenia. 1tlla ~1 )I W(VX.
Propagated by seeds, cuttings of mature wood struck
glass, and also by root-cuttings.
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Howea (‘commonly known as Kent&). PaZmncc~.
Increased by seeds in light soil, with heat. See Palms, page
377.
Hoya (U’as-Plant) . A~sc/r~~ia~/~.cccll.
Iiandled by layers a.nd cuttings. The common was-plant, 11.
mrnosw, is r~~adily propagated 1)~ layering ; the long shoots make
roots naturally. Vut tings may 1~ taken in spring of firm wood.
Some species Magi Ix graft.ed on stronger-growing kinds.
Humulus
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Hunnemannia. I’cri~n WWYV.
Grown from seed ; in the East seeds sown early in Ma,y give
bloom in tiummer.
Hyacinthus (l-l>*;rcintll). Lilincrc~.
lqor thtb procluction of new varieties seeds are c~~ployed. These
are sown tht> same season they mature, in light sandy soil, and are
covered not, more than f inch cleq. In four or five years, or
sometimes cv(‘n hmp~r, the bllll)s will be large tbnough to flower.
Varieties are perpetuat,ed by means ;~f the bulb&, which form
freely on some varieties. These are treated in much the same way
as mnturc bulbs, or they may be handled in pans or flats. The)
make flower bulbs in two or three years. To increase the numbers
of these bulb&, the bulbs are variously cut by the Dutch growers.
These practicev arc described and illustrated on pages 59 and 60,
Figs. 46, 47.
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EQvacinths can he propa.gat,ed by leaf-cuttings. Strong leaves
should be taken in early spring and cut into two or three portions,
each portion being inserted about an inch in good sandy loam, and
given a t,emperature of about 75”. In eight or ten weeks a bulblet
will form at the base of the cut.ting (see page 59). The lower leaves
give better results than the upper ones. These bulblets are then
treated in the same manner as bulbels. For Hyacinthus candicczn8,
see Gahmia, page 316.
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