EXERCISE 40 



REPRODUCTION FROM LEAVES 

 Materials. Leaves of bryophyllum. plant. 



Directions for work. Remove several leaves from the plant 

 and lay them on soil or sand. After several weeks a number 

 of small plants will be found growing at the edges of each 

 leaf. When these are well rooted they may be separated from 

 the leaf and transplanted. 



Some other leaves, as those of gloxinia and begonia, will 

 reproduce in a similar manner but not so readily as bryophyllum. 

 Begonia leaves occasionally produce small plants while still 

 attached to the plant. 



Reference 



BERGEN and CALDWELL. Practical Botany, p. 89. 



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