This fine shrub has been the stumbling block of most propagators, from the difficulty of propogating it except by seeds, and seeds have been produced in such meager quantities that the plant still remains a high priced one. Like many others, I have tried various methods to root soft cuttings, but without much success until last winter. In February last Mr. Whittier, one of the propagators at Shady Hill, tried the following method with complete success. Cuttings about one inch long from forced plants were put into one inch of sand in small boxes which were closely covered with a single pane of glass, the cutting being set almost or quite down to the bottom of the box. These boxes were put in the warmest part of a house heated by flues, where the bottom heat was probably about 900 to 100°. They were syringed very carefully twice a day, and no other water given, with the result that all the cuttings rooted in two or three weeks. This result was seen by several who bad tried and failed like ourselves, and excited much interest. The requisites for rooting Exochorda, then, seem to be these : Cuttings grown under glass ; a high temperature ; not too much water, and that all applied to the foliage ; thin sand, and tightly closed small compartments.

About 300 cuttings were used in this experiment, and everyone rooted ; they are now 3 to 20 inches tall, in rows - F. L. Temple, Cambridge, Mass.