340 GLOSSARY. 



Dressing (of stocks). The trimming of stocks, which are to 

 be budded or grafted, before they are set in the nursery- 

 row. Fig. 86. Page 96. 



Dwarfing. The permanent checking of the growth of a plant 

 so that it never attains its normal stature. The chief 

 means employed in the dwarfing of trees are, grafting 

 upon a slow-growing stock, heading-in of the top, con- 

 fining or pruning the roots. Page 147. 



Eye. A bud. Single-eye cuttings are those bearing but 

 one bud. Fig 66. 



Flagging. Wilting. Said of plants newly transplanted, or 

 of cuttings. Pages 53, 66, 68. Also applied to the 

 general wilting of plants due to lack of water. 



Flat. A shallow box or tray, in which the gardener grows 

 or transports plants. 



Flute-budding. That method of budding which removes a 

 rectangular portion of bark from the stock and fills the 

 cavity with a similar piece of bark, of the desired va- 

 riety, bearing a bud. Fig. 99. 



Frame. The structure forming the sides and ends of cold 

 frames or hotbeds. A frame is commonly six feet wide 

 and of sufficient length to accommodate from three to 

 six three-feet-wide sash. It is usually made of boards. 

 The area covered by a single glass shutter is called a 

 sash, and is generally 3x6 feet. The area which is com- 

 monly understood as one frame is 6 x 12 feet. 

 Free Stock. See Stock and Seedling. 



Germination. The act or process by means of which a seed 

 or spore gives rise to a new plant. Germination is com- 

 plete when the plantlet has exhausted the store of food 

 in the seed and is able to support itself. Page 9. The 

 word germination cannot be properly applied to the 

 arising of plants from tubers, as of the potato ; vegeta- 

 tion is the better term in .such cases. 



