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An Apple will graft on to a Quince, but a Quince does not 

 take well to a Pear. A Pear will not grow well on an 

 Apple. Prof. Bailey tells us that Tomato- plants will grow 

 on Potato stocks, the combination forming Potatoes under- 

 ground and Tomatoes above. When Tomato plants are the 

 stocks, what will happen ? If you own a Rose bush, it will be 

 interesting to see how many kinds of roses you can bud on to 

 one stock. Try it. 



Budding and grafting should be done when the sap is active 

 in the spring. 



Pineapples and Bananas have lost the power of forming 

 seeds. The leafy stem above the Pineapple fruit readily sends 

 out roots when placed in the soil, and a new plant is grown. 

 How are Banana plants propagated ? 



The mother fern, Bryophyllum, and Begonias are propa- 

 gated by means of buds formed on the leaves. The stem or 

 axis of the bud lengthens, and the leaves unfold ; roots are 

 sent out from the lower portions of the stems, and the little 

 plants fall off, forming new plants. 



Mosses and Mushrooms do not form seeds, but are repro- 

 duced by spores. The fern spores are borne in spore cases 

 (sporangia) usually on the under side of the leaves. 



