Identifier: americanfloristw35amer (find matches)
Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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n Janu-ary, and the plants would be of course,larger if planted a month or so earlier. If it is desired to raise Begonia Ver-non or any of a similar type from cut-tings, care must be exercised in thetaking of the cuttings, that there is agrowth bud at the base of the lower leafand not a flower or flower stem, or dis-appointnient will surely result, for sucha plant would not break into new shootsfrom the base thereof. Begonia Gloirede Lorraine, when shoot cuttings areused, has the same characteristic. The failure of cuttings as mentionedby N. of different kinds of shrubs,to grow in September, may be accountedfor possibly, if every requirement of acutting was strictly attended to (lots ofwater and shade, etc.) by the fact thatthe wood may have been a bit too hard.Most deciduous shrubs root withoutmuch loss when taken in July or earlyin August. I have never tried them aslate as September. Many evergreenswill root successfully when put in sandas late as November, but that is anotherstory.
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NEW ORCHID HOUSE OF SIEBRECHT & SON., NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.3 000 NEWLY IMPORTED PLANTS OF CATTLEYA TRIAN.ffi. will come comparatively true to seedmay be established. This is how the va-rieties mentioned were secured and howmany novelties among other plants havefound their way into commerce. As to Begonia Vernon, that also iseasily raised from seed or from cuttings,but if a large quantity is needed, rais- Roses as a rule do not root verysuccessfully if the cuttings are takenfrom plants that have been growing out-doors, but if the cuttings are taken fromplants that have been growing underglass all the time, the loss will be quitesmall in the hands of an attentive prop-agator, and the results would be better igob. The American Florist. 579 if the cuttings were taken in Octoberand not September for we frequentlyhave quite hot weather in the latternamed month, which renders the propa-gating of roses more risky. Speaking, generally, the tea scentedsection of roses roots with more cer-tain

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