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CHAPTER II 



CUTTINGS 



WHAT THEY ARE The Wood to Use The Rooting Medium Inserting 

 Cuttings Temperature Damping-off Callus MONOCOTY- 

 LEDONOUS PLANTS POTTING CUTTINGS SAND AND WATER 

 METHOD PROPAGATING CASE DARLINGTON'S PROPAGATING 

 FLATS CHEMICAL TREATMENT TO HASTEN ROOTING FLORISTS' 

 TIME TABLE PERENNIALS HARD WOOD EVERGREEN CUTTINGS 

 Greenhouse Propagation Making Planting Care Outdoor 

 Frames Soft and Half -ripe Wood SUMMER CUTTINGS OF SHRUBS 

 Greenhouse Frames LARGE STEM CONSERVATORY PLANTS 

 LEAF ROOT. 



A NY part which has 

 ** been severed from 

 a plant is a cutting. Prop- 

 agation by slips or soft- 

 wood cuttings from the 

 stems of plants is the 

 simplest method, al- 

 though root cuttings and 

 leaf cuttings are fre- 

 quently advisable. 



There are both "cut- 

 tings" and "rooted cut- 

 tings" and the two terms 

 should not be confused 

 in either giving or receiv- 

 ing orders. Arootedcut- 

 ting is practically an es- 

 tablished plant, whereas 

 a cutting is a mere slip. 

 Cuttings or slips are 

 taken of most commer- 

 cial plants because this 

 is a rapid method of 



Fig. 15. Condition of wood for cuttings. Note that nrrmau-ptirm anH Vpran<jp 

 in making soft wood cuttings certain portions of the I 



stem are brittle and break with a snap; this is the 



best part to use. Wood that is hard and stringy does 



not root as readily (See page 62) 



it insures a new plant 

 true to variety. No 



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