. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1248. A layer notched at the bottom. The methods of Layering may be represented in the following diagram: METHODS OF LAYEKING Trees and Shrubs Boivcd branchâ Bark ruptured. Bark ringed. Tongue cut. Tip layered. Mound- or stool-layer. Potted or aerial layer. ViNFS AND f 'Simple layer. Oan'f^ i T'-'nch layer. ^ &
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1248. A layer notched at the bottom. The methods of Layering may be represented in the following diagram: METHODS OF LAYEKING Trees and Shrubs Boivcd branchâ Bark ruptured. Bark ringed. Tongue cut. Tip layered. Mound- or stool-layer. Potted or aerial layer. ViNFS AND f 'Simple layer. Oan'f^ i T'-'nch layer. ^ " (. Serpentine layer. As shown in Fig. 1248, a suitable branch is bent to the ground and held in place by a forked pin, so that a por- tion of it is covered with 2 or 3 inches of rich earth, the end being bent to an upright position and fastened to a stake. The bend and consequent rupture of the bark may be all that is needed to obstruct the movement of food-material and cause the development of roots at this. ,v ". 3--,'',â 1249. A layer ringed or girdled at the bottom. point. If not, a tongue may be cut not deeper than one- third of the thickness of the branch from below upwards and near a bud or node. In Fig. 1249 a layered branch is shown with a ring of bark removed, a good practice with thick, hard-barked species. For many low-branched shrubs, mound-or stool-layers are prepared (Fig. 1250), as follows: In the spring, head the bush back to a series of stubs, which will produce a large number of vigorous young shoots. By midsummer, in some cases, or the following spring, a mound of earth is thrown around the old stool and the base of the new shoots, and from these latter abundant rooting is se- cured, so that by the following autumn or spring they may be separated and set in nursery rows. When a branch cannot be brought to the ground, sometimes the earth is brought to the branch by clasp- ing the halves of a broken or specially made pot around a tongued or girdle
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