. Botany of the living plant. Botany. 2l6 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT case of currants, vines, and various fruiting stocks. But some plants are refractory and difficult to root. In such cases the stem below the. Fig. 1C3. Propagation by layering, (.\fttr Figuier.) shoot it is desired to establish may be nicked with a knife, and packed with \\et moss or soil. Roots may then be formed, after which the shoot may be severed. Budding and grafting are methods commonly used for woody plants, but latterly they have been employed also with success in succulent plants. These processes consist in the in-
. Botany of the living plant. Botany. 2l6 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT case of currants, vines, and various fruiting stocks. But some plants are refractory and difficult to root. In such cases the stem below the. Fig. 1C3. Propagation by layering, (.\fttr Figuier.) shoot it is desired to establish may be nicked with a knife, and packed with \\et moss or soil. Roots may then be formed, after which the shoot may be severed. Budding and grafting are methods commonly used for woody plants, but latterly they have been employed also with success in succulent plants. These processes consist in the in- sertion of a single bud, or of a shoot bearing a number of buds, not in the soil,butupon the corre- sponding tissues of some related plant. In the ease of shield budding, which is largelv prac- tised in the propagation of varieties of roses, a bud is removed from the plant which It is desired to propagate, together with an area of superficial tissues separated at the cambium layer. A suiface for its reception is prepared by a T-shaped cut into the tissues of the stock that is to. 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 Bower, F. O. (Frederick Orpen), 1855-1948. London, Macmillan and co. , limited
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