. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. J16 GARDEN FLOU'EHS. left unhurtj as from that joint the roots will proceed. The shoot thus operated upon is again Lent down and lixed tirmly with the peg, and the divided joint is covered with some fine rich soil, and is watered occasionally^ the result being' that in about six weeks there will be enough r(.iots formed to allow of the removal of the layer as a young- plant. From the middle of July to the middle of August is the piroper time for this business. Practice simplifies the work so much that the prelimina
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. J16 GARDEN FLOU'EHS. left unhurtj as from that joint the roots will proceed. The shoot thus operated upon is again Lent down and lixed tirmly with the peg, and the divided joint is covered with some fine rich soil, and is watered occasionally^ the result being' that in about six weeks there will be enough r(.iots formed to allow of the removal of the layer as a young- plant. From the middle of July to the middle of August is the piroper time for this business. Practice simplifies the work so much that the preliminary bending down becomes unnecessary. To make pipings, the ^v'eaker sh(.iots are selected about the end of June or early in July. The shoot is cut square off at the second or third joint from the toj), and the lower leaves are removed. The pipings are then inserted in sandy soil, and kept shaded and watered until they are rooted. It is usual, however, to jtlace the pipings on a mild hotbed, on account of their reluctance to throw out roots unless aided l)y specially 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 Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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