. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. r^Z Fig. 4. -Serpentine Layering. 10. I then laying small stones upon it, will l)e sufficient ; but as the stones may be knocked off, small pegs are jr^referable at any time. (See Fig. 4.) ayering by insertion of the gTowing point.—Some plants which emit few roots, and these but slowly, by the previously-detailed modes, will j^roduce them in surprising abiindance by merely inserting the growing points or tip'^ of the shoots in Avell prepared. Fig. 5.—Layering by insertion of the Growing Point.
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. r^Z Fig. 4. -Serpentine Layering. 10. I then laying small stones upon it, will l)e sufficient ; but as the stones may be knocked off, small pegs are jr^referable at any time. (See Fig. 4.) ayering by insertion of the gTowing point.—Some plants which emit few roots, and these but slowly, by the previously-detailed modes, will j^roduce them in surprising abiindance by merely inserting the growing points or tip'^ of the shoots in Avell prepared. Fig. 5.—Layering by insertion of the Growing Point. soil, and before autumn a large bimdle of roots will be formed with a bud, which must be carefully preserved in transplanting, and afterwards trained to form a stem. This mode, though not, in general, essential for propagation, deserves notice, as it can easily be tried, and doubtless will often be found successful, in the ease of many i^lants difficult to propagate by other means. (See Fig. 5.). 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 New South Wales. Dept. of Agriculture. Sydney, C. Potter, Govt. Printer [etc. ]
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