PLANT PROPAGATION 



root under ordinary treatment. Select a shoot 

 sent out from the base of the plant, if possible. 

 About six inches from its junction with the 

 parent plant make a slanting cut halfway 

 through it, from below. Then bend the shoot 

 down in such a manner that it can be inserted, 

 at the place where the cut was made, in the 

 soil close to the rim of the pot. Make it firm 

 and fast by pegs or pins, tying the end of it to 

 a stick, in an upright position. A callus will 

 generally form at the point where the cut was 

 made, and from this, in time, roots will be sent 

 out. While roots are forming the shoot will 

 be receiving sustenance from the parent plant, 

 as the cut made in it will only partially shut 

 off the supply. Do not sever the connection 

 between the shoot and the old plant until you 

 are sure it has roots of its own. This you can 

 determine by an examination of the soil at the 

 place where the cut in the shoot was made. 



