. Commercial plant propagation; an exposition of the art and science of increasing plants as practiced by the nurseryman, florist and gardener. Plant propagation. 78 COMMERCIAL PLANT PROPAGATION. A B C Fig. 47.—Air layers. A, A branch notched preparatory to air layerage. B, A Chinese layer, the notch has been covered with a ball of moist sphagnum moss. C, A pot layer; a pot filled with moss or sand has been used instead of just a ball of moss (See page 78) continuous layerage. This method is confined to a few shrubs and vines which grow readily from buds even though they are covered with earth
. Commercial plant propagation; an exposition of the art and science of increasing plants as practiced by the nurseryman, florist and gardener. Plant propagation. 78 COMMERCIAL PLANT PROPAGATION. A B C Fig. 47.—Air layers. A, A branch notched preparatory to air layerage. B, A Chinese layer, the notch has been covered with a ball of moist sphagnum moss. C, A pot layer; a pot filled with moss or sand has been used instead of just a ball of moss (See page 78) continuous layerage. This method is confined to a few shrubs and vines which grow readily from buds even though they are covered with earth. With other plants whose branches cannot be bent down to the earth, some method of air or pot layerage is used. Ordinary flower pots are spht in two pieces (see fig. 47, C) and placed around a branch. The pot is tied together, an incision is made in the bark and stem inside the pot and the pot filled with sphagnum moss or soil. This method is successfully used on Dracaenas and Crotons when they become too tall and lose their lower leaves. The pot is not necessary; many plants are layered by merely tying a ball of sphagnum moss around the stem which as before, is injured. Such layers are called Chinese layers (see fig. 47, A and B). So soon as roots form, the top is removed and potted. PREPARING PLANTS FOR LAYERING Early Spring is the time to prepare for layering. Stock to be layered should be growing with ample room betweenjthe plants, to permit of the shoots being layered all around them, and still leaving room for cultivating between them. The soil should be con-. 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 Hottes, Alfred Carl, 1891-1955. New York, A. T. De La Mare Company
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