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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 struckglass, and also by root-cuttings.und,erHowea (‘commonly known as Kent&). PaZmncc~.Increased by seeds in light soil, with heat. See Palms, page377.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 makeroots naturally. Vut tings may 1~ taken in spring of firm wood.Some species Magi Ix graft.ed on stronger-growing kinds.Humulus: liop.Hunnemannia. I’cri~n WWYV.Grown from seed ; in the East seeds sown early in Ma,y givebloom in tiummer.Hyacinthus (l-l>*;rcintll). Lilincrc~.lqor thtb procluction of new varieties seeds are c~~ployed. Theseare sown tht> same season they mature, in light sandy soil, and arecovered not, more than f inch cleq. In four or five years, orsometimes cv(‘n hmp~r, the bllll)s will be large tbnough to flower.Varieties are perpetuat,ed by means ;~f the bulb&, which formfreely on some varieties. These are treated in much the same wayas mnturc bulbs, or they may be handled in pans or flats. The)make flower bulbs in two or three years. To increase the numbersof 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.aEQvacinths can he propa.gat,ed by leaf-cuttings. Strong leavesshould be taken in early spring and cut into two or three portions,each portion being inserted about an inch in good sandy loam, andgiven a t,emperature of about 75”. In eight or ten weeks a bulbletwill form at the base of the cut.ting (see page 59). The lower leavesgive better results than the upper ones. These bulblets are thentreated in the same manner as bulbels. For Hyacinthus candicczn8,see Gahmia, page 316.I