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Bauera (H. Gottfr. and Franz Bauer, German professor and painter, respectively). Saxifragaceae. Choice little evergreen shrubs grown in greenhouses.
Bauera (H. Gottfr. and Franz Bauer, German professor and painter, respectively). Saxifragaceae. Choice little evergreen shrubs grown in greenhouses.
These small shrubs make handsome specimen plants for the cool greenhouse, and flower most of the year. especially during the winter and spring months. Baueras are easily propagated from cuttings of half-ripened wood in spring; cut into lengths of about 2 inches, insert in equal parts of finely sifted peat and sharp sand in 3-inch pots, pricking them round the rim of the pot, and cover with a bell- glass in a greenhouse with a temperature from 55° to 60°. Give them a thorough watering at the time of insertion, and they will frequently root without further watering. When the cuttings begin to show signs of growing, they should be potted singly in 2-inch pots in the same mixture as above, and should be kept in a tight case for a few days. After they have gripped the soil, they should be cut back to about an inch above the pot, which will encourage them to branch. Baueras should never be allowed to become pot-bound until the desired size of plant is reached. The plants at all times should be kept in good shape by cutting back the strong shoots. In summer, baueras do better when plunged in a bed of coal-ashes out-of-doors, and strict attention given to watering. A cool greenhouse with a night temperature of 40° to 45° will be ideal all winter. Water occasionally with soft-coal soot mixed in water, a handful to an ordinary watering-pot; water with clean water three times and the soot-water once.
These small shrubs make handsome specimen plants for the cool greenhouse, and flower most of the year. especially during the winter and spring months. Baueras are easily propagated from cuttings of half-ripened wood in spring; cut into lengths of about 2 inches, insert in equal parts of finely sifted peat and sharp sand in 3-inch pots, pricking them round the rim of the pot, and cover with a bell- glass in a greenhouse with a temperature from 55° to 60°. Give them a thorough watering at the time of insertion, and they will frequently root without further watering. When the cuttings begin to show signs of growing, they should be potted singly in 2-inch pots in the same mixture as above, and should be kept in a tight case for a few days. After they have gripped the soil, they should be cut back to about an inch above the pot, which will encourage them to branch. Baueras should never be allowed to become pot-bound until the desired size of plant is reached. The plants at all times should be kept in good shape by cutting back the strong shoots. In summer, baueras do better when plunged in a bed of coal-ashes out-of-doors, and strict attention given to watering. A cool greenhouse with a night temperature of 40° to 45° will be ideal all winter. Water occasionally with soft-coal soot mixed in water, a handful to an ordinary watering-pot; water with clean water three times and the soot-water once.
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