LA YERA GE. 



Fig. 24. Layering cone. 



wrapping them with moss alone. Pot layering is employed not 

 only for the purpose of multiplying plants, but in order to lower 



the heads of ' ' leggy " or 



scraggly specimens. 



The pot is inserted at 



the required point upon 



the main stem, and after 



roots have formed abun- 

 dantly the top may be 



Fig. 23. Layering cut off and P otted inde - 

 pot. pendently, the old 



stump being discarded. 



The French have various handy devices for facilitating pot 

 layering. Fig. 23 shows a layering pot, provided with a niche 



in the side to receive 



the stem, and a 

 flange behind for 

 securing if to a sup- 

 port. Fig. 24 repre- 

 sents a layering 

 cone. It is made of 

 Fig. 25 Layering cup. zinc or other metal, Fig. 26. Layering cup. 



usually four or five 



inches high, and is composed of two semi-circular wings which 

 are hinged on the back and are secured in front, when the 

 instrument is closed, by means of a 

 hinge-pin. A cord is inserted in one 

 side with which to hang it on a sup- 

 port. A cup or pot with a remova- 

 ble side is also used. This is shown 

 open in Fig. 25 and closed in Fig. 

 26. An ingenious compound layer- 

 ing pot is shown in Fig. 27. The 

 main stem or trunk of the plant is 



Fig. 27. 



Compound 

 pot. 



layering 



carried through the large opening, 

 and the branches are taken through 

 the smaller pots at the side. Kier's layering boxes or racks are 



