. Principles of plant culture; an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. Propagation hy Cuttings. 217 close contact with the steins, and no leaves of the cut- tings should be covered. Since roots cannot form with- out oxygen, the bed must not be so freely watered as to exclude all air. Transpiration should be reduced by sheltering the cuttings from the direct rays of the sun. Movable screens used during sunshine only, are prefer- able to whitening the glass, which causes too much shade when the sun is not shining. Dampin
. Principles of plant culture; an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. Propagation hy Cuttings. 217 close contact with the steins, and no leaves of the cut- tings should be covered. Since roots cannot form with- out oxygen, the bed must not be so freely watered as to exclude all air. Transpiration should be reduced by sheltering the cuttings from the direct rays of the sun. Movable screens used during sunshine only, are prefer- able to whitening the glass, which causes too much shade when the sun is not shining. Damping off, a much-dreaded disease causing cut- tings to rot at the surface of the bed, is promoted by excessive heat, over-watering, or insufficient light or air; also by decomposing organic mat- ter in the material of the bed. Affected cuttings • should be , promptly removed ''^^ and the trouble cor- rected. 379. Green Cuttings should be Potted as ^^^^ ^^^ cutting of chrysanthemum. Qo/i-n Qc- Pnnte Vnrm ^"^- 102. Rooted cutting of coleus, boon as KOOIS JOrm, ^g^^jj ^^^^^ Balley.) which may be de- tected by their foliage assuming a bright color. They should first be placed in small pots, and until they have commenced growth in these, should be treated pre- cisely as before they were potted. Propagation by green cuttings includes ^three divi- sions, of which the requirements differ in some respects, viz., propagation by cuttings of herbaceous plants, of woody plants and of the leaf or parts of the leaf {leaf cuttings). 15. 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 Goff, E. S. (Emmett Stull), 1852-1902. Madison, Wis. University Co-operative Co.
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