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Title: Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Oliver, George Watson, 1858-1923 Hottes, Alfred Carl, 1891- joint author
Subjects: Gardening Greenhouses
Publisher: New York, A. T. De La Mare co., inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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r. Regelianmn, and L. lucidum are veryattractive looking shrubs when in flower. L. ovalifoliiim is the so-called California Privet; much used as a hedge plant. The Europeanprivet, L. vulgare, has small flowers and foliage. L. vulgare, L.amurense and L. ihota are the hardiest of the species. There is aform of L. vulgare with glaucous leaves, the margins of which arebordered with white. Propagation. The deciduous species are among the easiestshrubs to root from dormant cuttings. These may be put in as soonas the leaves fall. The usual practice is to make cuttings about10 inches long, tie in bundles and bury in sand, putting the cuttingsin rows in the open ground in early Spring. The evergreen speciesusually bear large quantities of seeds, which are slow in germinating;when they remain in the ground over Summer a mulching shouldbe given to prevent drying. LONICERA (Bush Honeysuckle). The bush Honeysucklesfurnish a group of most attractive shrubs because of their ease of 322 PLANT CULTURE
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HARDY SHRUBS 323 culture, prolificacy of flowers, which are white, yellow, pink, scarletand even purple, and besides many sorts produce very attractiveberries. L. Standishii, a half evergreen blush white flowering sort,and L. fragrantissima, both bloom as early as March, the flowersbeing very fragrant but inconspicuous. L. Morrowii and L. Rup-rechtiana are both valuable on account of their handsome red fruitwhich ripens in great abundance. Most Loniceras enjoy the sun,but are grown in almost any situation, however; L. Xylosieum is goodin partially shaded situations. L. Albertii is a dwarf species with smalland narrow glaucous leaves and purplish flowers useful for rockeries. Propagation. Seeds sown in September will germinate thefollowing Spring. The branches may be layered any time aftermid-Summer. They may be propagated by cuttings taken anytime during a wet spell in Summer, and rooted indoors. After thisprocess they may be heeled in boxes of soil, and afterward eitherplanted in row

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