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greatly aids it by better preparing the soil. There are 

 many plants that do not often multiply in this way, but 

 will readily do so if their bodies or branches be bent down 

 to the ground and covered with mellow soil. 



195. Cuttage. Rooted cuttings are parts of either 

 stems or roots (or leaves, in some cases), cut into small 

 pieces and kept under proper conditions until the for- 

 mation of roots 



and shoots has 

 taken place. Cut- 

 tings of some 

 kinds of plants 

 put out roots very 

 readily, as willow, 

 dogwood, roses, 

 grapes, some 

 kinds of plums, 

 and berry plants. 

 Cuttings may be 

 made from dor- 

 mant or green 

 growing shoots. Geraniums are propagated from green 

 cuttings. Green cuttings should be kept moist at all 

 times. 



196. Buddage. The callus-tissue of one plant may 

 unite with the callus-tissue of another plant, if the two 

 plants are of the same kind. Apple may be made to 

 unite with apple; peach with peach; but not peach with 

 apple. However, peach will unite with plum, because 

 peach and plum are closely related. In budding we have 

 two parts: (1) A bud of the kind or variety to be propa- 

 gated, and (2) a stock. The stock may be a rooted cutting 

 or a seedling. In the common "T"-budding, a sharp 



Fig. 79. Cuttings: a, simple cutting; 6, heel cut- 

 ting; c, mallet cutting; d, single-eye cutting. 



