. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. Agriculture. FIG. 57.—LEAF CUTTING- PART OF LEAF. FIG. 58. LEAF CUTTING OF Sansevieria zevlanica. (i) Leaf Cuttings (Fig. 56).—There are few plants which can be grown from leaves; among these are the Sansevieria zeylanica and begonia. Fleshy leaves most readily respond to this manner of propagation. The leaves may be placed upon moist sand and pegged down at the main veins, or the base of the leaf buried in the sand. Roots are thrown out at the cut ends of the veins, and new plants are formed at these points (Figs. 56, 57, 58). (2) Si EM
. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. Agriculture. FIG. 57.—LEAF CUTTING- PART OF LEAF. FIG. 58. LEAF CUTTING OF Sansevieria zevlanica. (i) Leaf Cuttings (Fig. 56).—There are few plants which can be grown from leaves; among these are the Sansevieria zeylanica and begonia. Fleshy leaves most readily respond to this manner of propagation. The leaves may be placed upon moist sand and pegged down at the main veins, or the base of the leaf buried in the sand. Roots are thrown out at the cut ends of the veins, and new plants are formed at these points (Figs. 56, 57, 58). (2) Si EM Cuttings.—Directions for propagating by means of stem cuttings : {a) Cut tlirifty slioots from different species of plants—as, geranium, coleus, agera- tum, heliotrope, verbena, tomato, nasturtium, 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 Jackson, Caroline Ruth, 1871- [from old catalog]; Daugherty, Millie (Crum) "Mrs. L. S. Daugherty," 1859- joint author. [from old catalog]. New York, O. Judd company
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