. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. eason the box of cuttings may bekept in a sunny exposure but covered with newspaper or glass toretard evaporation. Extra heat supplied from below is helpful, andcan be provided if the cuttingsare being started in green-houses or homes. 5. The cutting has nomeans of taking up nourish-ment during the rootingperiod; it must therefore besupplied with plenty of nour-ishment within itself
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. eason the box of cuttings may bekept in a sunny exposure but covered with newspaper or glass toretard evaporation. Extra heat supplied from below is helpful, andcan be provided if the cuttingsare being started in green-houses or homes. 5. The cutting has nomeans of taking up nourish-ment during the rootingperiod; it must therefore besupplied with plenty of nour-ishment within itself. Some-what fleshy parts, preferablyincluding a bud are desired forthe best results. Uses and Examples.—Green wood cuttings are ex-tremely useful in the propaga-tion of many of our pottedplants. (Fig. 28.) Geraniumsand begonias have alreadybeen mentioned. Chrysanthemums and carnations are commonlypropagated in the early spring for the fall and winter crops ofblossoms. Many of our foliage plants grown in borders and orna-mental beds are propagated in-doors during late winter and earlyspring months. Many roses are propagated almost entirely by cut-tingsof the immature wood. Numerousother examples Fig. 28.—Making beds of cuttings of rosesand other indoor plants. 44 CUTTINGS AND LAYERlNGS Management after Rooting.—For best results the cuttings arewatched closely during the rooting period, and as soon as theyestablish plenty of root surface they are lifted out with a smallportion of the sand or soil adhering to them. They are then pottedor transplanted to beds or boxes. Good garden soil containingplenty of black loam is best for them at this time. They are thenkept well watered and given other good conditions to force thegrowth somewhat rapidly. PROPAGATION BY LAYERING When plants are propagated by layering they are certain toproduce the same kind as the parent plant, as they are really apart of it. They are also much more certain to grow than in thecase of cutting
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