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THE N TJRSER E’--LIST 243to give more vnrinl)le results and to 1~ unsatisfactory unless verycarefully S&‘C’tjCd ; if suds are started early, edible heads may behad the SiLIIle J’oar, but usuall> not till t.hc second year. 1’01divisirjns, the lauds iji: shoots are (leta&ed from !he ol(\ c’rown inspring before growth begins.Artichoke, Jerusalem (Ilrdi~~~~thus tuberosus). C’oqmsitf~.Corr~~:dy Inultiplied by means of the tubers, which niajr beplanted w111ble or cut. into eyes, after the manner of potatoes.Se& MC’ !‘(‘I.)* rarel>* used. The plant is hardy and persistent,:kntl propagutvs itself strongly.Artocarpus (Bread-Fruit ).Mo~~xcel~.e3row11 flvlll p*uttings of the young lateral growth ; also fromsuckers, when the>* form ; hy seeds, when procurable.Arum. :1 I’flf’f’ff’. .,S~~\~c\r:tl \7vr~r unlike plants bear the narne aruni in cultivation, asdl’tlCIIIIC’1ilUS, helivodiceros, altlorI’hophallus ; propagation issilnilar for all of them. Most of then1 produce oflsets from thet uhcrs or rhizomes. The: s~tls or berries may be planted when ripeor stratified until spring. SW 11 rawaJ, page 39.Arundinaria (IVild (-‘anth. Hamboo). C~~rzirlu~p.Multiplied by clivision. See Burrlbrrstr.Arundo (Reed). Urtr In irrm.hlulti;&vl 1)) divkiuii. In ,aarly autumn, the canes can be cutinto lengths of 18 to 24 inchts for cuttings, and partly buried insand in a gentle bottom heat, laying them horizontall>-. Tt seldomxc&, at least in the iNort!l.Asclepias (Mill