. Commercial plant propagation; an exposition of the art and science of increasing plants as practiced by the nurseryman, florist and gardener. Plant propagation. 174 COMMERCIAL PLANT PROPAGATION VACCINIUM—Continued bladed knife. The discarded upper portion of the shoot may be used for Winter cuttings, as described on pages 8 to ii. 6. Set the rooted shoots in a coldframe or a cool greenhouse in cleart earthenware pots of suitable size, ordinarily 3-inch pots, in a soil mixture consisting of two parts, by bulk, of rotted upland peat and one part of sand. 7. Cover the frame with muslin or other
. Commercial plant propagation; an exposition of the art and science of increasing plants as practiced by the nurseryman, florist and gardener. Plant propagation. 174 COMMERCIAL PLANT PROPAGATION VACCINIUM—Continued bladed knife. The discarded upper portion of the shoot may be used for Winter cuttings, as described on pages 8 to ii. 6. Set the rooted shoots in a coldframe or a cool greenhouse in cleart earthenware pots of suitable size, ordinarily 3-inch pots, in a soil mixture consisting of two parts, by bulk, of rotted upland peat and one part of sand. 7. Cover the frame with muslin or other white shade suspended above- the glass, giving the plants plenty of light but no direct sunlight, and. Fig. 103. New shoots on a stumped Blueberry. The three shoots shown grew aft^r the plant had been cut to the stump. Their white color at the base indicates the- depth of the propagating bed through which they forced their way and from which ther plant was taken to be photographed. Roots had already begun to develop. Usedthrouga the courtesy of Dr. F. V. Coville of the United States Department of Agriculture. 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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