THE NURSERY BOOK 



A Complete Hand-Book of Propagation and Pollination. 



By L. H. BAILEY. 



Uniform in Size and Style with Rule-Book of 1890 Edition. Illustrated. 



This valuable little manual has been compiled at great pains. The author has had 

 unusual facilities for its preparation, having been aided by many experts in many directions. 



The book is ab- 

 solutely devoid 

 of theory and 

 speculation. 

 It has nothing 



? ogy, nor with 

 any obstruse 

 reasons of plant 

 growth. It sim- 

 ply tells plainly 

 and bri efl y 



COVERED LAYER OF VIBURNUM, what everyone 



who sows a 



seed, makes a cutting, sets a graft, or crosses a flower wants to know. It is entirely new 

 and original in method and matter. The cuts number almost 100, and are made especially 

 for it, direct from nature. The book treats all kinds of cultivated plants, fruits, vegetables, 

 greenhouse plants, hardy herbs, ornamental trees and shrubs, forest trees. 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. Seedage. CHAPTKR II. Separation and [Division. CHAPTER III. 

 Layerage. CHAI-TER IV. Cuttage. BCHAPTER V. Graftage. Including Grafting, 

 Budding, Inarching, etc. 

 CHAPTER VI. Nursery List. 



This is the great feature of the book. It has an alphabetical list of all kinds of plants, 

 with a short statement telling which of the operations described in the first five chapters 

 are employed in propagating them. Over 2,000 entries are made in the list. The 

 following entries will give an idea of the method : 



ACER (MAPI.E). Sapindacetz. Stocks are grown from stratified seeds, which should 

 be sown an inch or two deep ; or some species, as A. dasycarpum, come readily if 

 seeds are simply sown as soon as ripe. Some cultural varieties are layered , but bet- 

 ter plants are obtained by grafting. Varieties of native species are worked upon 

 common or native stocks. The Japanesesorts are winter- worked upon imported A. 

 polymorphum stocks, either by whip or veneer-grafting. Maples can also be budded 

 in summer, and they grow readily from cuttings of both ripe and soft wood. 

 PHYLLOCACTUS, PHYLLOCEREUS, DISOCACTUS (LEAF-CACTUS). Cactece. 

 Fresh seeds grow readily. Sow in rather sandy soil, which is well drained, and 

 apply water as for common seeds. When the seedlings appear, remove to a light 

 position. Cuttings from mature shoots, three to six inches in length, root readily in 

 sharp sand. Give a temperature of about 60, and apply only sufficient water to 

 keep from flagging. If the cuttings are very juicy, they may "be laid on dry sand 

 for several days before planting. 



GOOSEBERRY. Seeds, for the raising of new varieties should be sown as soon as 

 well cured, in lo?.m or sandy soil, or they may be stratified and sown together well 

 with the sand in the spring. Cuttings six to eight inches long, of the mature wood, 

 inserted two-thirds their length, usually grow readily, especially if taken in August 

 or September and stored during winter. Stronger plants are usually obtained by 

 layers, and the English varieties are nearly always layered in this country. Mound- 

 layering is usually employed, th - English varieties being allowed to remain in 

 layerage two years, but the American varieties only one (Fig. 27). Layerage plants 

 are usually set in nursery rows for a year after removal from the stools. Green-lay- 

 ering during summer is sometimes practised for new or rare varieties. 

 CHAPTER VII. Pollination, giving directions for making crosses, etc. 



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