. The theory and practice of horticulture; or, An attempt to explain the chief operations of gardening upon physiological grounds. , that they have the power offorming what are called adventitious buds; and, in such cases,they may be employed for purposes of propagation. There isno rule by which the power of a plant to generate such buds byits roots can be judged of; experiment is therefore necessary,in all cases, to determine the point. Exceptions to the common rule are found in the Moutan Pseony,in the Plum tree, or the Pyrus (Cydonia) japonica, which may be BOOTS CAN GENERATE BUDS. 31 incre
. The theory and practice of horticulture; or, An attempt to explain the chief operations of gardening upon physiological grounds. , that they have the power offorming what are called adventitious buds; and, in such cases,they may be employed for purposes of propagation. There isno rule by which the power of a plant to generate such buds byits roots can be judged of; experiment is therefore necessary,in all cases, to determine the point. Exceptions to the common rule are found in the Moutan Pseony,in the Plum tree, or the Pyrus (Cydonia) japonica, which may be BOOTS CAN GENERATE BUDS. 31 increased with great facility by small bits of the root being insertedin a shady border and covered with a hand-glass; but in none ofthem does the power reside in the same degree as lathe Japan a root of this plant be taken from the ground after flowering, it wiUbe foTind to resemble brown oord, divided iato a great nnmber oframifications, as is represented in the accompanying cut. Fpon itssurface wiU be perceived a multitude of white conical projections,sometimes growing singly, sometimes springing up in clusters, and. Kg. VI.—^Boot of Anemone japonica. occasionally producing scales upon their sides. A magnified view ofthese bodies is shown at Fig. VI. a. They are young buds, every one ofwhich, if cut from its parent, wiU grow and form a young plant in afew weeks. These buds are not confined to the main trunk of the root,but extend even towards its extremities; so that every fragment of theplant is reproductive. It is certain that vitality is stronger in the rootsthan in any other part of a plant. Live roots have been found in landmany years after the trunks to which they belonged had been have myself seen live Whitethorn roots taken out of a field on theLondon clay where no one could recollect having seen a Whitethornhedge. This fact was long since pointed out by Mr. Knight, who, inhis experiments with fruit-trees, found continual evidence, as he has 32 RO
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