VIII. PLANT PROPAGATION 



OST plants adapted to 

 cultivation in the house 

 are propagated by cut- 

 tings, by division of the 

 root, or by seed. 



Comparatively few, 

 however, are grown as 

 seedlings, as plants from seed can not be 

 depended on to *'come true," to use a gar- 

 dener's term — in other words, to reproduce 

 all the peculiarities of the parent plant. 



Probably nine plants out of ten are grown 

 from cuttings. Nearly all plants adapt them- 

 selves to this method of propagation. 



There are many complaints of failure in 

 rooting cuttings. These failures are nearly 

 always due to one of three things : 



1 The cuttings may not be in the right 

 condition. 



2 The soil in which they are placed to 

 root may not be of a character calculated to 

 encourage the production of roots. 



3 Proper care may not be given. 



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