. The nursery-book : a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . Plant propagation. 68 CUTTAGE. made ; here the young- shoots of hardy shrubs are taken, when about 2 to 3 inches long, the leaves partly re- moved, and they are planted under glass. Several weeks are required for rooting, l_iut good plants are obtained, which, when wintered in a coldlranie, can be planted out in beds the next spring. Great care must be given to shading and watering. Hydi-angca paiiicnlala var. â ^'raiiJiflora and Akcbia qi(iiid/a are ; or any deutzia or more easily ',.?i handled plant of which s-
. The nursery-book : a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . Plant propagation. 68 CUTTAGE. made ; here the young- shoots of hardy shrubs are taken, when about 2 to 3 inches long, the leaves partly re- moved, and they are planted under glass. Several weeks are required for rooting, l_iut good plants are obtained, which, when wintered in a coldlranie, can be planted out in beds the next spring. Great care must be given to shading and watering. Hydi-angca paiiicnlala var. â ^'raiiJiflora and Akcbia qi(iiid/a are ; or any deutzia or more easily ',.?i handled plant of which s-tock is scarce may - be cited. Part of the leaves are re- moved, as a rule, lietore these firm- wooded ctittings are set, as shown in the rose cutting, Fig. 74, and the hydrangea cutting. Fig. 75, This is not essential, huwe\er, but it lessens evaporation and the ten- dency to "Hag" or wilt. Inmost species the top can be cut ofl the cutting, as seen in Figs. 60 and 7,T, but in other cases it seriously injures the cutting. Weigelas are likely to sufter from such behead- ing ; an unusually large callus forms at tlie bottom, but the leaves shrivel and die. This frequently occurs in wliat some nurserymen call "end growers," among which may lie mentioned ueigelas 1 prop- erly diervillasi, the shrubby altheas, Ccnis Japonica, and. 74. Rose cutting (x^^).. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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