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if ktq-d wmni m-d moist, will grow. VW olive is of ten propngat,ed by
trun(4l~~ons of trunks. A trunk 2 0~. i ~nc~lic~s in diamf4er is cut into
foot or two-fchet l~mgths, ande:~h lelig. II is split, t~hrough the middle.
Each half is plantecl horizontally, bark up, 4 or 5 inches deep, in
warm moist soil. Thr sprouts which arise may be allowed tq grow,
or they rnqr 1~ mndc~ into green cuttings. Knaurs (see page 107)
arc somctirnes usr~l. Tllc olive can be budded or grafted in a variety
of WlJY. Twig-lmlding or pron g-budding and plate- or H-budding
(Figs. l-Hi, I-IT, 149) give admirable results, and are probably the
1x5 t n1cd1ods. Twig-buclding is the insertion of a sndl growing
twig whicl1 is cut from thtb branch ill just the way in which shieldbucls
:tre cut. (I$ig. 1-K.) Side-grafting is also successful. (Fig. 187.)
In ( ‘;llifornin, owing to the uncthrtainty of getting a good stand
of (butting5 of grtbrbn \Voocl am1 tlic slowness of rooting cuttings
of largtb woo(l, the practic*cb of raising olive seedlings and budding
011 tlltm 1~s lwomv nmrc popular. After the pulp is removed, the
t3trmt~ point of tlltb pit. or stone is cut off with ordinary pruning
shtmx, whrn thch sr~cl gt~rminat.es very readily. This method insures
a goocl st,an(l wit.llout injury to the kernel. Ordinary shield-budding
rm:~ 1~ performtkd an>* tilllrh in the ycxr when dormant buds may be
obt:Gned and tllrl sctbtlling is in cmnclition to rt‘ceive them. The root
sc\‘stenm is l)etttBr unticbr t.hi5 mrtllocl of propagation.
Omphalodes. Z~c)rll!li~l(~('('(I'.
Ilancllr~l 1)). st~ls, rli\.ision of the plant am1 of thtl ryinners of some
speck+.
Oncidium. Owh idww.
I’rnpagatd 1,)~ cli\9isiou or notcllin, (p tlkcb rhizome between the
ps~~utlol~rrlbs just I~forc~ tlic growing season. In some species
dt~tac~hal~le lauds art’ lm)(luet~ti in tile inflor~~scmce, and these give
s’ollrlg plunts. StYh o,+c~hids, pgt 3-L’.
Onion (..I llirl 111 (~'r~pu rtml ..l . *fist ~tlosli III). Lil iczcw.
Onions art’ ulostlJ* ,qrown frolic set~ls, which must be sown as early
as ~mx-Al~~ in spring ; or in the .Sorith tlley may bc sown in autumn.
‘l’ly~ art’ al5o grmi’n front “ tops,” \rrliich are bulblcts borne in
tilt* f-lot~er-c~l~lstc~r. Tht~ ar(’ pluntt~d in the spring, or in the fall in
m&l 4irnatcs, and tlkbJP soon grow into large bulbs.
“ Sets” are also ustbd. These are very sn~all onions, and when
planted they simply complete their growth into large bulbs. Sets
art3 prowred 1)~ sowing seeds very thickly in poor soil. The bulbs
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