. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 105.—CircumvjHation. Fig. 106.—By Roots. a pot which is filled with earth or cocoa-nut fibre: this is kept continually moist till a mass of roots is formed, which causes the branch to become a second tree. I generally place a piece of wire tightly round the branch below the insertion into the pot, and gradually cut away the stem, both of which operations appear to me to facilitate the production of roots. Lately I have been trying other methods of circumvallation.
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 105.—CircumvjHation. Fig. 106.—By Roots. a pot which is filled with earth or cocoa-nut fibre: this is kept continually moist till a mass of roots is formed, which causes the branch to become a second tree. I generally place a piece of wire tightly round the branch below the insertion into the pot, and gradually cut away the stem, both of which operations appear to me to facilitate the production of roots. Lately I have been trying other methods of circumvallation. A piece of gutta-percha tubing about eight inches long was slit down and made to cover a branch ; the slit was then closed with a warm iron, and the bottom closed in the same way. The inside was filled with cocoa-nut refuse and kept damp, when in a short time. 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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