American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . ots of blackberry, Japan quince, andmany other shrubs. When a piece of stem orroot is severed, it, so to speak, puts forth aneffort to make anew plant, and if the conditionsare favorable, it generally does so. In the seedthe root is provided for, the radicle pushes itsway into the ground, and rootlets spring fromit, all from the nourishment contained withinthe seed itself. The roots once established, theplant grows rapidly. In making a plant from acutting, we have not everything in readiness forroots to start at once. Time is require
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . ots of blackberry, Japan quince, andmany other shrubs. When a piece of stem orroot is severed, it, so to speak, puts forth aneffort to make anew plant, and if the conditionsare favorable, it generally does so. In the seedthe root is provided for, the radicle pushes itsway into the ground, and rootlets spring fromit, all from the nourishment contained withinthe seed itself. The roots once established, theplant grows rapidly. In making a plant from acutting, we have not everything in readiness forroots to start at once. Time is required for thecutting to accommodate itself to a new state ofaffairs. If a grape vine cutting be planted in awarm room with plenty of light, leaves mayappear, and a short growth be made, when sud-denly the plant withers, and the disappointedamateur takes up his plant and finds it has noroot. The bud has been stimulated by lightand heat, and all the nutriment the cutting con-tained has been expended in making a feebleshoot. Had the cutting been properly treated,. brilliant FuensiA—(F, fulgens.) the bud kept cool while the lower end wasdamp and warm, the result would have beendifferent. When a cutting is placed under prop-er conditions it prepares to form new needs moisture and a low temperature. Thenutritive matter in the stem accumulates at theplace where roots are to appear, and forms arough excrescence of a whitish color and aspongy texture, and when this appears, roots arequite (though not always) sure to follow. Thisexcrescence is called the callus, and cuttings, onwhich it has formed, are said to be autumn planted cuttings this process takesplace in early winter, and the roots, if they donot form at that time, follow in spring. Withmany plants our winters are too severe, andthe cuttings need to be buried below the reachof frost, or placed in earth in a cellar. Moss isbetter than earth for callusing cuttings. Thepeat or bog moss (Sp7iagnum\ so much used
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