. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. lOO PLANT PROPAGATION less. Man)^ devices, them very simple, have been adopted for regulating both heat and moisture. 143. Moisture regulation is accomplished usually by propagating frames and boxes of various forms, the com- monest being that of a hotbed but smaller. In all the principle is that of confining the air. In a small way a flower pot or a flat ma}' be inverted over the cuttings, (Fig. 32) or a pane of glass (Fig. 32) or a bell jar placed above them. By tilting these more or less the humidity. FIG. 90
. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. lOO PLANT PROPAGATION less. Man)^ devices, them very simple, have been adopted for regulating both heat and moisture. 143. Moisture regulation is accomplished usually by propagating frames and boxes of various forms, the com- monest being that of a hotbed but smaller. In all the principle is that of confining the air. In a small way a flower pot or a flat ma}' be inverted over the cuttings, (Fig. 32) or a pane of glass (Fig. 32) or a bell jar placed above them. By tilting these more or less the humidity. FIG. 90—AIETHOD OF POTTING 1. Right hand partially filling soil into pot, left hand seizing rooted cutting. 2. Ready to plant. 3. Filling pot. 4. Finishing. and the circulation of air may be easily regulated. "What- ever is used should admit light in varying degree. 144. Callus, the new formation of cells upon an injured surface; for instance, at the lower end of a stem cutting, or the cut surface of a layer or of a root graft. 145. Stock plants are grown in greenhouses and nurseries merely to supply cuttings, cions, layers, or buds for propagation. 146. "Blind eyes" are shoots which do not produce flowers. They are common on roses and some other. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), 1868-1946. New York : Orange Judd Company
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