This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...with more or less decumbent branches, and as the parent plant supplies the food and water until the layer is established, it is a simple and easy method of propagation. Plants that do not readily send out roots can often be induced to do so by bending, twisting, notching, or otherwise mutilating that portion of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...with more or less decumbent branches, and as the parent plant supplies the food and water until the layer is established, it is a simple and easy method of propagation. Plants that do not readily send out roots can often be induced to do so by bending, twisting, notching, or otherwise mutilating that portion of the stem from which the roots are to be formed. In commercial practice, the grape, quince, currant, gooseberry, and some of our ornamental plants are multiplied in this manner. There are several modes of layering plants, which differ only in the way the operation is performed. (i) Simple Layering consists in bending down a stem, covering with soil the portion at which the roots are desired and leaving the terminal portion uncovered. The buried portion should contain a node as this is the point where roots most readily form. (2) Tip Layering consists of bending the branch or cane down to the ground and covering the tip with soil. The cane or branch will throw out roots and develop a new plant at the covered tip. The black raspberry propagates naturally in this manner. PROPAGATION BY LAYERAGE 215 (3) Serpentine or Multiple Layering.--When many plants are desired from a single stem, it is pinned to the ground and covered at frequent intervals, thus inducing the plant to form roots at more than one point. After the roots have formed, the vine may be cut between these points, leaving a number of independent plants. The grape and many ornamental vines are readily propagated by this method. (4) Mound Layering is another method of obtaining many plants from a single individual. This is performed by cutting back the old plant to the ground early in the spring to stimulate the formation of many new shoots. The succeeding fall or spring the soil is ridged up ab...
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