. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. 138 SOILS AND PLANT LIFE gated by planting the tuber whole or by planting pieces of it. The young plant is developed from the bud, and, of course, if a piece should have no buds, or eyes, it will not grow. Cuttings. — Such plants as the willow, poplar, grape vine, spiraea and bridal wreath may be propagated in the following manner: Secure in the late autumn some fresh, firm young twigs of the same season's growth. Cut them into pieces about six inches in length and store them in the ground as you did the tuUp and cr
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. 138 SOILS AND PLANT LIFE gated by planting the tuber whole or by planting pieces of it. The young plant is developed from the bud, and, of course, if a piece should have no buds, or eyes, it will not grow. Cuttings. — Such plants as the willow, poplar, grape vine, spiraea and bridal wreath may be propagated in the following manner: Secure in the late autumn some fresh, firm young twigs of the same season's growth. Cut them into pieces about six inches in length and store them in the ground as you did the tuUp and crocus bulbs in the last ex- ercise. In the spring, at garden planting time, set these cut- tings out in rows, leaving only one or two buds above the „ .^. , ... , surface ofthe Cuttings 01 vanous kinds of wood. Fig. 50. 104. Plants formed by the Union of Two Plants. — None of our choice varieties of fruit come true to seed. This is a fact of vital consequence in fruit culture. We can not reproduce a desirable variety of fruit by planting the seed. Furthermore, not many of our fruit trees can. 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 Cunningham, Jules Cool, 1879-; Lancelot, William Henry, 1874-. New York : Macmillan
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