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370 THE NUlLSER Y-MA It’ U A l-1soon crowd each other, and growth is checked, causing them t0ripen prenlatllrtlly. Good sets should not 1~ more than a half inchin diameter. Ver>, small onions which are selected from thegenera1 crop - callt~l “ rare-ripes” _ arc bornetimes used as sets,but they are usually too large, t0 give good results.Somtb onions -- the “ multiplier” or “potato onions” - increasetllc\nist~l\-es t,J- division of the bulb. The small bull,, which isplanted in tlxt spring, splits up into several distinct parts, each oneOf which will multiply itself in the satne manner when planted thefOliowing year.Ophiopogon. LiliWa?.Propa~att~d 1):~ tii\.ision. See Liliaccae, page 349.Oplismenus. G’rw ;I/ tw.I’ropa~atcd 1))~ rlij-isions of the rOotinK stems ; seeds, whenOE)t~lillill)l(‘.Opunlia (Priclil>y Ik~r. Indian Fig). C~cfnct~w.SWANS grow r(na(lilj-, sown as so011 as ripe in ordinary sandy soil,either in the houw Or 0lltrloor.s. ?‘hch joints or pads root freely iflaitl 0n ~1~1. It 1~ *.I custrmlur>- to allow t.hese cuttings to dry severalda>3 ldow planting them. SW alto C&i, page 261.Orach (. 1frildts.l ,bd~~~.si~). ('ll~r~?lo~)otli~lc(~a?.Itaiwcl front S~YYIS, 5o~vv11 kvl~rc~ tile plants are to stand.Orange (Cl~iIrtr.9 A-l~rrtrrltirlrtl,1.11. 14. Iluitlt~.)C. s~~2o~bsis and others). Kutacm?.The orangr’, in coniniOn with Other fruits Of the genus (.litrus, isgenerally propagattbtl by workin g on orange seedlings or seedlingsof relilt~~i 1 spcGt3. The stocks are grown from seeds of sour orange,swt~ t orang