Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . he ground, as thesap is very abundant, and in a very liquidstate. Pipings are cuttings of piiiks and carna-tions, and indeed are appHcable to all plantshaving jointed tubular stems. They are pre-pared by taking a shoot that has nearly donegrowing, and holding the root end of it in onehand, below a pair of leaves, and with theother pulling the top part above the pair ofleaves, so as to separate it from the root-partof the stem at the socket formed by tlie axilsof the leaves, leaving the part of the stempulled off with a tubular or pipe
Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . he ground, as thesap is very abundant, and in a very liquidstate. Pipings are cuttings of piiiks and carna-tions, and indeed are appHcable to all plantshaving jointed tubular stems. They are pre-pared by taking a shoot that has nearly donegrowing, and holding the root end of it in onehand, below a pair of leaves, and with theother pulling the top part above the pair ofleaves, so as to separate it from the root-partof the stem at the socket formed by tlie axilsof the leaves, leaving the part of the stempulled off with a tubular or pipe-like termina-tion. Hence the name of pipings; and whentlius separated, they are inserted in finelysifted earth or sand, and a hand-glass isfixed firmly over them. Most florists cut offthe tips of the leaves of pipings, but othersplant them entire; and the pipings grow ap-parently equally well under both modes principal points to be attended to in viaking ciittings are, tocut off the shoot at a joint, without bruising the stem; to make the. Rpings of a Carnation. 56 BUDDING. cutting at a time when tlie sap is in motion ; to fix the end which isto send out roots, firmly in the soil; to keep it in an equal tempera-ture both as regards heat and moisture ; to cut off part of the leaves,and to shade, the whole, so as to prevent too much evaporation, with-out excluding the light, which is wanted to stimulate the plant; tokeep the soil moist, but not too damp; and to pot off the youngplants as soon as they begin to giow. Budding has been compared to sowing a seed ; but it may ratherbe considered as making a cutting with a single eye, and inserting itin another tree, called the stock, instead of in the ground. A youngshoot of the current years wood is cut off in the latter end of July orAugust, orperhaps, if the season should be very moist, the first weekin September; and incisions are made longitudinally and across, oneach side, above and below a bud, so that the bud m
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