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‘I’FlE N URSERY-LIS? 369if ktq-d wmni m-d moist, will grow. VW olive is of ten propngat,ed bytrun(4l~~ons of trunks. A trunk 2 0~. i ~nc~lic~s in diamf4er is cut intofoot or two-fchet l~mgths, ande:~h lelig. II is split, t~hrough the middle.Each half is plantecl horizontally, bark up, 4 or 5 inches deep, inwarm moist soil. Thr sprouts which arise may be allowed tq grow,or they rnqr 1~ mndc~ into green cuttings. Knaurs (see page 107)arc somctirnes usr~l. Tllc olive can be budded or grafted in a varietyof WlJY. Twig-lmlding or pron g-budding and plate- or H-budding(Figs. l-Hi, I-IT, 149) give admirable results, and are probably the1x5 t n1cd1ods. Twig-buclding is the insertion of a sndl growingtwig whicl1 is cut from thtb branch ill just the way in which shieldbucls:tre cut. (I$ig. 1-K.) Side-grafting is also successful. (Fig. 187.)In ( ‘;llifornin, owing to the uncthrtainty of getting a good standof (butting5 of grtbrbn \Voocl am1 tlic slowness of rooting cuttingsof largtb woo(l, the practic*cb of raising olive seedlings and budding011 tlltm 1~s lwomv nmrc popular. After the pulp is removed, thet3trmt~ point of tlltb pit. or stone is cut off with ordinary pruningshtmx, whrn thch sr~cl gt~rminat.es very readily. This method insuresa goocl st,an(l wit.llout injury to the kernel. Ordinary shield-buddingrm:~ 1~ performtkd an>* tilllrh in the ycxr when dormant buds may beobt:Gned and tllrl sctbtlling is in cmnclition to rt‘ceive them. The rootsc\‘stenm is l)etttBr unticbr t.hi5 mrtllocl of propagation.Omphalodes. Z~c)rll!li~l(~('('(I'.Ilancllr~l 1)). st~ls, rli\.ision of the plant am1 of thtl ryinners of somespeck+.Oncidium. Owh idww.I’rnpagatd 1,)~ cli\9isiou or notcllin, (p tlkcb rhizome between theps~~utlol~rrlbs just I~forc~ tlic growing season. In some speciesdt~tac~hal~le lauds art’ lm)(luet~ti in tile inflor~~scmce, and these gives’ollrlg plunts. StYh o,+c~hids, pgt 3-L’.Onion (..I llirl 111 (~'r~pu rtml ..l . *fist ~tlosli III). Lil iczcw.Onions art’ ulostlJ* ,qrown frolic set~ls, which must be sown as earlyas ~mx-Al~~ in spring ; or in the .Sorith tlley may bc sown in autumn.‘l’ly~ art’ al5o grmi’n front “ tops,” \rrliich are bulblcts borne intilt* f-lot~er-c~l~lstc~r. Tht~ ar(’ pluntt~d in the spring, or in the fall inm&l 4irnatcs, and tlkbJP soon grow into large bulbs.“ Sets” are also ustbd. These are very sn~all onions, and whenplanted they simply complete their growth into large bulbs. Setsart3 prowred 1)~ sowing seeds very thickly in poor soil. The bulbs‘,’ 13