. Gardening for the South;. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 62 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. lilacs, roses, snowballs, and many other plants and shrubs are readily propagated by suckers. Suckers should never be used of plants that may be propagated by other modes. Offsets are formed on bulbs only, being young bulbs attached to the sides of the old ones, and merely require breaking off and planting in a light, rich soil. Runners are thrown out by the strawberry, &c. They spring from the crown or collar of the plant, and throw out roots at their joints, which may be cut off from the parent pl
. Gardening for the South;. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 62 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. lilacs, roses, snowballs, and many other plants and shrubs are readily propagated by suckers. Suckers should never be used of plants that may be propagated by other modes. Offsets are formed on bulbs only, being young bulbs attached to the sides of the old ones, and merely require breaking off and planting in a light, rich soil. Runners are thrown out by the strawberry, &c. They spring from the crown or collar of the plant, and throw out roots at their joints, which may be cut off from the parent plant and set out in good soil, to make new plants. Layers are branches bent into the earth, and half cut through near the bend, the free portion of the wound be- ing called a tongue (a). This is kept open by a bit of twig, or piece of (jrock. They are in fact cuttings only partially separated from parent plants. The incision is made through the bark at the base of a bud. LAYERS. The object of the gardener is to induce the layer to emit roots into the earth at the tongue.* ' With this view, he twists the shoot half round, so as to injure the wood vessels; he heads it back so that only a bud or two appear above ground, and when much watering is required, he places a handful of silver sand around the tongued part, then pressing the earth down with his foot, so as to secure the layer, he leaves it with- out further care. The intention of both tongueing and twisting is to prevent the return of the sap from the layer into the main stem, while a small portion is allowed to rise out of the latter into the former. The effect of this opera- ^ See Lindley's **Theory of Horticulture.''. 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 White, William N. , 1819-1867. New York, C. M. Saxton and company; Athens, Ga. , W. N. W
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