56 ALPINE PLANTS 



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PORTION OF A PLANT OF VERONICA SALICORNOIDES, SHOWING A BRANCH 
LAYERED BY WEIGHTING WITH A FLAT PIECE OF ROCK. 
Many plants of bushy growth and woody stems may be propagated in this manner. 
and leaving through winter well rooted young plants may 
be had ready for transplanting in spring. 
By SEED. 
The production of plants from seed is Nature’s own way, 
and with many plants it is the best method of propagation. 
With some it is the only really satisfactory way. 
It must be admitted that in the case of plants that are 
given very much to variation of colour and habit, as, for 
instance, garden varieties of Aubrietia, some of the red 
flowered mossy Saxifragas, and varieties of Phlox subulata, 
we cannot depend upon seedlings being true to the variety, 
