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Tip Layering. — ]\Ianj plants ^ ^ (7 



form long, slender shoots which 

 will take root at the tip. Some 

 plants naturally root in this 

 way, but far more plants can be 

 secnred and the process hastened 

 bj bending each tip do^vn to the 

 gTonnd and co\ering with earth. 

 These tips soon form roots (Fig. 

 ^')). The stolon can then be cut 

 to a length of six to twelve 

 inches. Each rooted tip will 

 then form an individnal plant 

 and can be taken up and planted 

 when desired. 



Serpentine Layering. — This 

 method of pro]>agation is very 

 much like the preceding one. 

 But instead of making one plant 

 from each shoot, several are made. The method is practiced with 

 plants producing long shoots like vines. The vine (Fig. 10) is laid 

 on the gi-oimd and covered at intervals of one foot with dirt, or the 

 whole vine may be covered. Boots and shoots will form at intervals. 

 As soon as these plants are well formed, the vine can be separated 

 into as many plants as there are shoots. 



Fig. 8.— Mound Layer 

 (after Barry). 



Fig. 9. — Rooted Tip Layer of Blackcap Raspberry. 



