Propagation by Cuttings and Layers. 23 
off work give the layered plants a good watering, 
using a rosed watering pot to settle the soil. 
Should the weather be dry and warm about this 
time the layers should be watered every day fora 
week or two to encourage the process of rooting. 
After that less frequent watering will suffice. 
Pot plants may be layered at the same time as 
those in the open. With a pointed peg pick out 
about 2in. of the surface soil and fill this up with 
the fresh compost. Trim the layers, tongue them 
and peg them into position all round the sides of the 
pot, just inside the rim. Cover them with compost 
and water down the soil as in the open ground. 
Shoots that are too short for layering may be made 
into cuttings if the variety is scarce. 
stawancds: the wend = 2of) September, or an, the 
beginning of October the layers will have made 
sufficient roots to be severed from the parents and 
potted up singly in 60 size pots or planted out where 
they are to bloom as the case may be. 
