Show starting i rubber plant rubber plants are usually started by a method known as aa A cut Is made in a young branch and a wedge put in it to keep keel the surfaces surface apart A bunch ot apha sphagnum num moss is then fastened around the stem over the cut the moss being kept wet As soon as the young routs roots appear on tho the outside of the moss tho the young branch Is cut on oil and potted up acus the rubber plant of our houses must produce seed in its home tropical asia but it does not at at tain a size sufficient clent under cultivation in green greenhouses bouses to do 40 so often st sl nicholas 4 |