Methods of Propagation 



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Fig. 64. Leaf Cutting of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 

 A shows old leaf from base of which new plant is arising. 



guineum), Willows, Shrubby Spiraeas, Tamarisk, Skimmias (fig. 63), and 

 many others, are readily raised. 



While small herbaceous and leafy cuttings are inserted with a dibber, 

 which is used for mak- 

 ing a hole and packing 

 the soil round the base, 

 long woody cuttings are 

 inserted in trenches 

 made with the spade, or 

 they may be inserted 

 with a dibber. In the 

 first case a line is 

 stretched the length of 

 the row, and a trench 

 with a vertical side is 

 made with the soade. 

 The cuttings are then 

 placed against the ver- 

 tical side of the trench and pushed into the soil, the distance between the 

 cuttings being about 3 or 4 in. The soil is placed against them and trodden 

 down firmly with the feet, being afterwards levelled. When several rows 

 of hard-wooded cuttings are 

 to be inserted, about 1 ft. is 

 left between the rows, to allow 

 room for weeding and hoeing 

 during the season of growth. 



Vines may be raised from 

 cuttings inserted in the open 

 air in the way indicated. As 

 a rule, however, they are 

 raised from single eyes in- 

 serted in small pots in heat. 

 Clematises may also be raised 

 from cuttings in the same 

 way. With some evergreens, 

 like Aucubas, quite large pieces 

 of a plant having several leafy 

 branches will root readily if 

 placed in coconut fibre or leaf 

 mould with a little bottom 

 heat. 



Leaf Cutting's. Many 

 plants may be raised simply from leaves. The well-known Begonia Gloire 

 de Lorraine and its relatives are largely raised in this way as well as 

 from stem cuttings. Single leaves with stalk are inserted in sandy soil, 

 several in a pot or pan. When placed in heat they soon root and develop 



Fig. 65. Leaf Cutting of Achi- 

 menes showing development of 

 Catkin-like Ithizomes and young 

 Leaf 



