CHAPTER XIX 



Plant Propagation 



Hardwood Cuttings — Soft-wooded Cuttings — Making Cuttings 

 of Perennials — Leaf Cuttings — Root Cuttings — Division of Per- 

 ennials — Seed Sowing: Perennials and Annuals — Vegetables — 

 Starting Flowers Indoors — Shrub and Tree Seeds — Grafting — 

 Budding — Layering 



(Readers who desire to fully inform themselves on this most fascinating of pursuits 

 are advised to obtain a copy of "Commercial Plant Propagation," by Prof. A. C. Hottes. 

 Obtainable where you bought your Garden Guide). 



WHY don't you propagate more of your plants and share your 

 good ones with your neighbor? Nothing is more interesting 

 than to get a sHp from a neighbor. Plants of this sort carry 

 with them memories of your friend which add to the charm of the 

 plant itself. By doing so you will add to the number of garden lovers 



Hardwooded Cuttings 



People are afraid to cut up plants. They wish they had 



a whole hedge of a certain shrub instead of one plant. If that 

 I is true in your case, do this: In the Fall, cut up in six-inch 



k lengths the good, strong, whip-like branches of such plants 



^ as Privet and Hydrangeas; tie them in bundles and either 



bury them in a sandy knoll, or place them in a box of sandy 



soil in the cellar. Absolutely cover them. Water them occa- 

 sionally. By Springtime the wood will have healed over a bit 



at the base and the cuttings should 



then be placed in a well prepared 



soil so that only two buds are 



above ground. Climbing Roses, 



Grapes, Currants, Golden Bell, 



Spiraeas, Lilaos, Willows, Mock 



Orange, Dogwoods and Deutzias 



are quite easily propagated in this 



manner. Note the illustration; it 



shows how wood should not be 



left above the top bud, and how 



the base of cuttings should be cut 



clean just below a bud or buds. 



A hardwood If the IcaveS are on the plant, cut A soft wood (Chrysanthemum) 



(Currant) ,r 11 cc cutting. Such cutting may 



cutting them all on . be 3 In. long— the best size 



