Archive image from page 52 of Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting,. Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting, curing and uses culinaryherbsthe00kain Year: 1912 ( CULINARY HERBS 35 The other perennial and biennial herbs may be readily propagated by means of stem cuttings or 'slips,' which are generally as easy to manage as verbenas, geraniums and other ''house plants.' The cuttings may be made of either fully ripened wood of the preceding or the current season, or they may be of firm, not succulent green stems. After trim- ming off all but a few of the upper leaves, which should
Archive image from page 52 of Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting,. Culinary herbs; their cultivation, harvesting, curing and uses culinaryherbsthe00kain Year: 1912 ( CULINARY HERBS 35 The other perennial and biennial herbs may be readily propagated by means of stem cuttings or 'slips,' which are generally as easy to manage as verbenas, geraniums and other ''house plants.' The cuttings may be made of either fully ripened wood of the preceding or the current season, or they may be of firm, not succulent green stems. After trim- ming off all but a few of the upper leaves, which should be clipped to reduce transpiration, the cut- tings—never more than 4 or 5 inches long—should De plunged nearly full depth in well-shaded, rather light, porous, well-drained loam, where they should remain undisturbed until they show evidences of growth. Then they may be transplanted. While in the cutting bed V/ they must never be allowed , „ , „ . „ •' Flower Pot Propagating Bed to become dry. This is espe- cially true of greenwood cuttings made during the summer. These should always have the coolest, shadiest corner In the garden. The cuttings taken in the spring should be set in the garden as soon as rooted; but the summer cuttings, especially if taken late, should generally be left in their beds un- til the following spring. They may, however, b£ removed for winter use to window boxes or the greenhouse benches. Often the plants grown in window boxes may supply the early cuttings, which may be rooted in the house. Where a greenhouse is available, a few
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