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7’11 E ;Y I ~R:rS/(:R 1’ /,ILS7’ 339;~pricnts, \v}~irh ;Ir(’ ;L l~rily race of l’i’7ili iis itrlili’?ii(7Ci;, xe grown incwlclty c*lini;ltc3 tllan thtk wmInr)n vwrktivs, anti thqy therefore dcttl~lllflltilI’(l)~ StOt’liS. .\IlJ' of tlitl IlittiV(% ~>lrlltlS IttSktt @XX1 StOCkS,I jut tlw 3ilwriannit is prominent. ‘lb In;~~robalan plum can 1~used for all aljricots, I)tlt it. is not. popular in severe climates.The almon(l, l)otll. llartl- ancl soft,-sh&cl, is sometimes used fort hv a price t , l)lit thv union is likely to 1~ imperfect, ant1 it. is notrc~colnlut~llcir~c~. .\linl,ilrl-roott~r-1 trees art> thought to be bestaclnptt~cl to light soils. ‘1%~ ~vliol(~ slll,jrBc$ of stocks for apricots isin twtlcl (II’ ill\.clsl igittiOll.\‘arictks of ilpriU)tS arc usu;illJ- l~uclrlt~cl, in tht? same Way as thepfsac11, altllo1~gl~ thcbJ* ltlii)’ lw siOv-graftv(l at, thcl crown in the nursitq-ro\f’.Tn ( ‘aliforlikt, tliv :Iljric7>t is nir,stl>- nx~rkrri on apricot, swdlings,1 )J- 1)ut l(ling t hts swllillgs thv samt’ ~.var the stwl is planted. Thepwh stoc.l< gr0u.n ill tilt% SilllIt? xv;iy !vas formerly preferred and ofI;itcb )‘t’i\I’!i is ag3ili wniing into favor, wpwially in rather shallow01’ I11(4ilinl I~w\~J. soil.-;. In ltoavy soils, or on hillsides subject toqwing s(T’pagt’, thtk n1yrcJ~;llan plunl stock is ~rsed. On the almond,tlrtb union i5 too irtipvrfvct for I~tX~~tiCill piirpows.Aquilegia (( ‘ol\lmlrin~). l~~r~~~II~III~~~.I ncrtwwrl I):\- sw IS , sov-ii thinl?, soon aftw ripe, in a sandy soilor in :i frann~. 13foorning plants should 1)~ liacl tlw second season.Kwp the wcvl-lwls ItniforrtilJ- Itioist, as tlltb stwls ;irv likely to beslow in gwminating. IX\-ision of tlw root is vmploycd for thepwpetuating of na111tvl or horticllltural \-arictics.Arabis (~Ya114’rcw. Rocl~-( ‘wss). C’~~w~l;~~*rr.hlllltiplied rcadil~- I)>* scwls soivn in the open or in pans, ii1spring ; 1)~ cli\-ision of the root, and 1,~. cuttings in a shady placeor a frame in summc~r.Araceae. Aroids.Propagation is by swd, in most cases sown as soon as ripe, usinga compost of peat, loam, sand and sphagnum moss, cowring lightly,placing the tropical spwie :; in a close nloist propqating-case wherea tcmprratlirc of 75” to 80” is maintained. Seeds of species fromtemperate climates may lw placed in a tt3nperature of 65’ to 70”.The soil shouhl btb kept uniformly moist at, all timps. Some kindsart’ incretrsetl !)J- of-tsets, others by tubers, while the larger numberarc increased by division or by cuttings.