Practical floriculture; a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist . 122 PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. The method best suited to the amateur or to those wholiave no propagating structures, is by layering. This is done as shown in figure 40. It will be observedthat the cut is made on the upper part of the shoot; theadvantage of this is, that when the layer is detached fromthe parent plant, the tongue of the layer, or the part fromwhich tlie roots are emitted, is less likely to be broken offthan if the cut is made under or on the side. Layers of
Practical floriculture; a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist . 122 PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. The method best suited to the amateur or to those wholiave no propagating structures, is by layering. This is done as shown in figure 40. It will be observedthat the cut is made on the upper part of the shoot; theadvantage of this is, that when the layer is detached fromthe parent plant, the tongue of the layer, or the part fromwhich tlie roots are emitted, is less likely to be broken offthan if the cut is made under or on the side. Layers ofRoses may be made at any time from the middle of June tothe middle of September, always using shoots of the young. Fig. 40.—LAYERING THE ROSE. growth—that is, a growth of 3 or 4 weeks old, or such asare not so much ripened as to drop the leaves; or, in otherwords, the cut should always be made at that part of theshoot where there are as green and healthy leaves belowas above the cut. This condition of the shoot is very im-portant, in order to produce a well-rooted layer. By cut-ting lower down in the harder-ripened wood, roots will beproduced, but the layers will be very inferior to those cutat about the point named. The same rule applies to thelayering of shrubs of all kinds. Another mode of layering not in general use is, to placethe layer where the incision is made, in a 3 or 4-inch pot,sinking the pot in the ground to the level of the rim; allthe roots being confined in the pot, when the layer is liftedno check is given, as there is no injury done to the smallfibers. Layers so made may be planted out in the fall,and if a little mulching is given aroupd the roots, not oneplant in a hundred
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