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,SCW~S should not 1~8 livpt too long out of water. Also propagated by(jivitling the rhizomes, ant! by t~ubcrs.Nymphoides, IlillllltllltIlt’l.lllllll (I“lo;Lt illff-Ijtb:lrf). C:c~~t,firtrrf~~(‘(13.1 ncr(;qtst7l t,y clivisioll of tlW IIlilIltS.Nyssa (I’rtppcridgc. $0111’ Gun1. T~lpdo). A’psw’c’c~‘.Seeds sh;,uld I)(\ soivn as soon as ripe or else s trat,ificd.; theyusually. lk clorlll:int thcb first year. Layers are sometimes employed,but rooting’ is slow.oak: (h=f’Ii~S.Ochna. Oc*h II fl(‘(‘(r.111 W~HWI‘ or autumn, cuttings may be made of firm or halfript~nv~lshoots.0cimu.m : Hfrsil.Odontoglossum. ~~rrh.i~n~wcr.Prop:\gation 1,~. cli\Yision and bJc seeds. See OW.lz.kI3, page 372.anothera (Evening Primrose. Sundrop). t),l.agrcLcoc.(Grown rra,(lil~~ .from scetls, some species blooming the first yearzinc1 others not till that scconcl. Perennial kinds may be dividetl.Okra, Gumbo (, ~!iihiwrrs I~sc’I~~~~~~~us). A~~d~~~~~~ff~.liai5tvl frown sc~tls;, sown where the plants are to stand, or oftenstartrrl in pots in the Sorth.Olea. Ol~ncrw.The ornamental species are grown from cuttings of mature shoots,either unrkhr frames or in the border, and also by seeds. For propagat.ionof 0. c’uropu7z, see Oli~w.Olive (,Olvfr v~~ropff’il). Oh-zc~rr.Thc~ elk is grown in large quantities from seed, especially inI’llrope. Tl w pulp is removed by maceration or by treat,& withpotash. The pit s should be cracked or else sdftened by soaking instrong 1)-c, othcrwisc they will lie dormant for one or two years.(‘tlttings of an>- kind will grow. I,imbs, either young or old, 1 or 2inclktls in rliamvtc>r, :lnd from 1 to 2 feet long, are often stuck intothe ground whcro tllo trees are to grow, or they are sometimes usedin the nilrSor;-. (frozen cuttings, with t,he leaves on, are often used,being handled in frames or in boxes of sand. Chips from old trunks,