. Commercial plant propagation; an exposition of the art and science of increasing plants as practiced by the nurseryman, florist and gardener. Plant propagation. TREE AND SHRUB LIST 145 BERBERIS. Barberry. Seeds. Sow seeds as soon as ripe, sowing in a seed bed, covering bed with leaves during Winter. Keep seedlings in partial shade at first. Even the Purple-leaved Barberry comes true to seed. Cuttings. Readily propagated by green cuttings in June. The hard wood cuttings do not root readily. Grafting. Mr. Dunbar suggests grafting the rarer sorts on the Purple Barberry; the suckers are thus eas
. Commercial plant propagation; an exposition of the art and science of increasing plants as practiced by the nurseryman, florist and gardener. Plant propagation. TREE AND SHRUB LIST 145 BERBERIS. Barberry. Seeds. Sow seeds as soon as ripe, sowing in a seed bed, covering bed with leaves during Winter. Keep seedlings in partial shade at first. Even the Purple-leaved Barberry comes true to seed. Cuttings. Readily propagated by green cuttings in June. The hard wood cuttings do not root readily. Grafting. Mr. Dunbar suggests grafting the rarer sorts on the Purple Barberry; the suckers are thus easily Fig. 93. The seed cone of the Birch BETULA. Birch. (See fig. 93.) Seeds. Sow seeds as soon as ripe. If planting is deferred until Autumn poor germination results. Layers. The lower growing sorts may be layered. Budding and Grafting. Easily done on seedlings of B. nigra, the Red Birch;B. lenta, the American Sweet Birch; ovB. papyrifera, the Paper Birch. B. Youngi pendula, B. pyramidalis, B. peridula, are budded chiefly, but may also be grafted. '<â ' BIGNONIA. Trumpet Flower. Cuttings. Evergreen sorts best placed under bell jars to root. Layers. Simple layers used. Root Cuttings in Greenhouse. Of larger rooted 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 Hottes, Alfred Carl, 1891-1955. New York, A. T. De La Mare Company
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