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TIll.3 X URSERI--LIST 251Berberis (Ba rl Ierr)= j . bcrhrridrrrm.I’ropaqi t ed 1)) strait ified seeds, and b,y suckers, layers andclit tings of ma tilrc ~voocl. Sretls should be sown in Rat,s or broadcastiti beds in the fall ; seeds of rare kinds should be sown in thegreenhouse. hIo,st 1)arberries can be propagated from greencuttings of tllr yollng ivootl taken from the first to the middle oft T unv, and plaid in sand in a shaded hotbed. Layers are usually;1.llO\\-C’d to lY’lll;till t\VO yca.rs. Rare sorts are sometimes graftedOil (‘0111111011 Stor’lL~.Berchemia. I~hcttrr tlrlr’(‘c.r.l’rop;~~atrvl 1)~. la!-vring young shoots in autumn ; by cuttingsof nlat.nrv M-oo(1 anrl root-cuttings under glass ; and also by seeds.Bertolonia. ,I1 ,~llistctt//rrr’i’cr*Grown froir~ st~tls ;rncl cwttings. i\lso 1,)~ healthy ripened leaves\\hi(:h, if thtb Ini(iril) 1~ nicked in several places and t.hen pegged011 il IMlt Of’ SanCIJv E)Pilt , . soon fornl roots and tiny tubers at everyincision. I’lact~ ill ;I nloist propagating-frame.Bessera. I,ilirrcv~~.I-sriall~- propag:itv(l 1)~ offsets.Beta : i3~~cf.Betula (Uirch). Ijrf ulc~nw.lnrrcxxd l,\- SW&, \vhich must bc sown as soon as gathered, orelse stratified t SOW rather tllickl.\- in sandy soil, slightly or not atall cm-cd, hut pwssd firmly into the ground and kept moist andsllild)-. Propaga tvcl itlso b?r layers and rarely by greenwqodvnttings lln(lvr glass ; also l)y grafting or l)oldding on seedlnngstcwlis of I{. I~itto, I{. pnpj/r(fr’m, B. nigr’tr or H. po&Jn. Thegrafting is sonicxt imc9 performed in spring under glass on pottedstock, hut llSlliLll)- t.llrb stocks are butlclcd in summer.Biennials.Plants tll;it l)!oo111 it11(1 die the second J-car from seed, havingflowered oncc~, :Irt’ 1 rivnnials or two-)-ear subjects. The numberof true l~ic~nninl5 in the \legetable kingdom is relatively small.The tCii.St'I, PilS~lilY‘ nlllllein -( I~orlmsrv~n Th(~ps2~s), and commoncvcning primrose (~ll,rothrvv hic~mis) are examples. In the garden,the 111m~~sty or lunariu is an example ; also the Allegheny vineor adlumia, and thtl Canterbury bell.