PROPAGATION BY 15UDS LAYERAGE 



having taken root the canes are cut on each side of a rooted 

 node bearing a shoot. Thus as many plants may be se- 

 cured as there are shoots. 



100. Chinese or pot layers (Fig. 58), used almost wholly 

 in greenhouse practice, are made on up- 

 right stems which cannot be readily bent 

 as in simple layering or covered at their 

 bases and treated by the mound method. 

 It is of special use for re-rooting plants 

 with stems that have become "leggy" 

 (dracaena, oleander, croton, rhododen- 

 dron, rubber plant, pandanus). It is also 

 FIG. 57 of service in making the branches of 



HOMEMADE such plants take root. 



LAYERING POT 



While still growing ii 1 

 their natural position, the 

 stems are wounded, usually 

 by girdling or notching, and 

 bound with earth, moss or 

 some other moisture-holding 

 material held in place with 

 raffia or cloth bands. Until 

 roots have developed, the 

 bandage and its contents are 

 kept moist by watering 

 when necessary an easy 

 matter in a greenhouse. 

 Roots push out from the 

 upper side of the girdle or 

 notch. As soon as they have 

 filled the ball of moss the 

 stem is severed below the 

 wound and planted usually 

 in a flower pot. Sometimes 

 the leafage is reduced, as in 



FIG. 58 CHINESE LAYERS 

 A favorite way to increase crotons. 



