. The book of the garden. Gardening. PROPAGATION BY CUTTINGS. 349. STRIKING CUTTINGS. SO as to raise the bottom of a small 60-sized pot placed within the other, so that the tops of both should Fig. 123. be level. The spaces between the inner and outer pots he filled up with soil, c, proper for the plant to root in, and above this white sand, d, placing the cut tings so that their bases should rest against the sides of the in- ner pot—which latter is filled with water, e, which, passing through the sides of the pot, reaches the cuttings. Others have, to effect the same end, placed a flat piece
. The book of the garden. Gardening. PROPAGATION BY CUTTINGS. 349. STRIKING CUTTINGS. SO as to raise the bottom of a small 60-sized pot placed within the other, so that the tops of both should Fig. 123. be level. The spaces between the inner and outer pots he filled up with soil, c, proper for the plant to root in, and above this white sand, d, placing the cut tings so that their bases should rest against the sides of the in- ner pot—which latter is filled with water, e, which, passing through the sides of the pot, reaches the cuttings. Others have, to effect the same end, placed a flat piece of crock under the base of each cutting, at such a, depth in the soil that the cutting shall rest upon it; and others insert a smaller pot, turned bottom upwards, within a larger one, and insert the cuttings round the sides of the inverted pot. This is a good plan where bottom heat is applied, as it ascends within the inverted pot, and reaches the roots better than if it had to ascend through the soil. Cuttings of plants that are slow in forming a callus are sometimes half severed from the parent plant, and allowed to remain so until the wound be healed and the callosity begin to form, a circumstance which leads to the belief that air is a necessary agent in its formation. Plants containing a large pith are often difficult to strike, and those with hollow stems are equally so : in such cases the joint or node should inva- riably be cut through; and in this, as in all other cases, the cut should be made with a clean sharp knife. Begarding the choice of cuttings, where strong and upright plants are required, the tops of the leading shoots, or the strongest of the side ones nearest to them, should be chosen; and where less robust and bushy plants are aimed at, then the more slender side-shoots, and those nearest the bottom of the plant, should be taken. These latter shoots, if taken off with what is technically called a heel—that is, a small portion of the older branch at the
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