. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. ly propagated by layers, asthese produce strong and saleable plants within a shorterperiod than cuttings, which do not root so freely as thoseof the occidental species. Seed also may be procured fromabroad, and plants so raised we should prefer to eitherof the other methods. The balls or catkins in which theseed is contained are fit to gather in October or November,and the seeds, as soon as extracted and freed from thedown, should be either sown immediately in beds of richwell-pulverized earth, and slightly covered or merely beatd
. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. ly propagated by layers, asthese produce strong and saleable plants within a shorterperiod than cuttings, which do not root so freely as thoseof the occidental species. Seed also may be procured fromabroad, and plants so raised we should prefer to eitherof the other methods. The balls or catkins in which theseed is contained are fit to gather in October or November,and the seeds, as soon as extracted and freed from thedown, should be either sown immediately in beds of richwell-pulverized earth, and slightly covered or merely beatdown by the back of the spade, with some lumber orlitter thrown over them to keep out the frost, or theymay be kept till March or the beginning of April, mixedwith sand, in a situation secure from frost. In two yearsthe seedlings will be fit to run into nursery rows, from ORIENTAL PLANE. .353 whence they may be planted into their permanent stationsin two or more years according to the size consideredmost advantageous and most likely to succeed by theplanter. i. 2 A 354 PLATANACEvE.
Size: 1798px × 1389px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, booksubjectforestsandforestry
