. The nursery-book : a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . Plant propagation. PROPAGATING-FRAMES. 45. J5 Srttail propa^aimg'box. answers the same purpose and accommodates a larger number of plants. A useful propagating-box for the win- dow garden or amateur conservatory is shown in Fig. 45. A 2 or 3 inches high is secured, and inside this a zinc or galvanized iron tray is set, leaving sufficient space between it and the box to admit a pane of glass upon every side. These panes form the four sides of the box, and one or two panes are laid across the top. The metal tray holds t
. The nursery-book : a complete guide to the multiplication of plants . Plant propagation. PROPAGATING-FRAMES. 45. J5 Srttail propa^aimg'box. answers the same purpose and accommodates a larger number of plants. A useful propagating-box for the win- dow garden or amateur conservatory is shown in Fig. 45. A 2 or 3 inches high is secured, and inside this a zinc or galvanized iron tray is set, leaving sufficient space between it and the box to admit a pane of glass upon every side. These panes form the four sides of the box, and one or two panes are laid across the top. The metal tray holds the soil and allows no water to drip upon the floor. One of the best boxes for general purposes is made in the form of a simple board box without top or bottom, and 15 or iS inches high, the top being covered with two sashes, one of which raises upon a hinge (Fig. 46). Four by three feet is a convenient size. An ordinary light hot- bed frame is sometimes constructed upon the bench of a greenhouse and covered with common hotbed sash. Prop- agating-houses are sometimes built with permanent propa- gating-frames of this character throughout their length, as shown in Fig. 47. Such permanent frames are mostly used for conifers, either from cuttings or grafts (usually the latter) and also for grafts of rhododen- drons(See Chapters VI.). In all the above appliances heat is obtained from the sun or from the bench-pipes or flues of a greenhouse. There are vari- ous contrivances in which the heat is applied locally, for the purpose of securing greater or more uniform heat. One of the simplest and best of these is the propagating-oven shown in Fig. 48. It is a glass-. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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