. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 103.—Sucker. Fig. 104.—Layer. flowers, that it is generally better to rely upon sowing simply the seed of good sorts and upon selecting from their produce. In the present state of our knowledge we had better try both methods, when we desire to raise new varieties. Many of the best varieties of fruits are certainly natural sports. Sometimes selected plants of high quality are again propagated by seed, such as our choice varieties of peas and beans. More often, howev
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 103.—Sucker. Fig. 104.—Layer. flowers, that it is generally better to rely upon sowing simply the seed of good sorts and upon selecting from their produce. In the present state of our knowledge we had better try both methods, when we desire to raise new varieties. Many of the best varieties of fruits are certainly natural sports. Sometimes selected plants of high quality are again propagated by seed, such as our choice varieties of peas and beans. More often, however, we have to multiply the original plant: to such an extent can this be done, that the delicious Jargonelle pear is supposed to have been raised by the Romans, and handed down to us by a continuous propagation. Various methods are practised at my garden for the multiplication. 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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