The California culturist . RHUBARB WINE. 233. noticed, and so universally printed about and sketched, fails in a majority of allude to cutting the notch on the under side of the shoot. The consequencein one-half the cases is, that the shoot breaks off, and the layer is lost; or, if notbroken, presents somewhat the appearance of figure one, and is very much much better plan, and one which is now much in vogue with the best propagators,is to cut the tongue on the upper surface,. On bending down into the soil, the tongueis then twisted on one side, and the young shoot intended
The California culturist . RHUBARB WINE. 233. noticed, and so universally printed about and sketched, fails in a majority of allude to cutting the notch on the under side of the shoot. The consequencein one-half the cases is, that the shoot breaks off, and the layer is lost; or, if notbroken, presents somewhat the appearance of figure one, and is very much much better plan, and one which is now much in vogue with the best propagators,is to cut the tongue on the upper surface,. On bending down into the soil, the tongueis then twisted on one side, and the young shoot intended to form the future plantmay then be lifted up and bent towards the parent as rapidly as one pleases, without any danger of its snapping off. There isanother advantage in this way of is often necessary, in the stereotyped way,to place a chip or something between thetongue to keep it open. By this, the twist-ing of the tongue aside keeps it always sep-arate from the old cut. Again, by this mode, very green and strong shoots can be
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