Agriculture for beginners . •jmmWM Y/MW/mz/v- Fig. 44. Carxatiox Cutting much less liable to disease. A fine, clean sand is com-monly used by professional gardeners. When cuttings have THE PLANT 55. rooted well — this may require a nionth or more — theymay be transplanted to larger pots. Sometimes, instead of cutting off a piece and rooting it,portions of branches are made to root before they are sepa-rated from the parent plant. This method is often followed,and is known as laycri?ig-. It is a simple process. Just bendthe tip of a bough down and buiy it in the earth (see Fig. 47). The black r
Agriculture for beginners . •jmmWM Y/MW/mz/v- Fig. 44. Carxatiox Cutting much less liable to disease. A fine, clean sand is com-monly used by professional gardeners. When cuttings have THE PLANT 55. rooted well — this may require a nionth or more — theymay be transplanted to larger pots. Sometimes, instead of cutting off a piece and rooting it,portions of branches are made to root before they are sepa-rated from the parent plant. This method is often followed,and is known as laycri?ig-. It is a simple process. Just bendthe tip of a bough down and buiy it in the earth (see Fig. 47). The black raspbeny forms layers naturally, but gardeners often ^^^^^ ly-. , /?;^~^ aid it by bur}ing the over- - [ \y^- ) hanging tips in the earth, so that more>^ tips may eas-^^ ily take runners that rootthemselves in a similar and buds are really cuttings which, in-stead of being buried in sand to produce roots oftheir own, are set on the roots of other and budding are practiced when these methodsare more convenient than cuttings or when the gardenerthinks there is danger of failure to get plants to take root ascuttings. Neither grafti
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