Propagation 



many kinds of plants may be layered without 

 tongueing. The layered shoot is held down 



a 



Parent 

 Tlant 



FIG. 26. Pegs may be made of galvanised wire, a, Where 

 to sever the layers when rooted. 



FIG. 27. A layered carnation shoot. Note how the peg 

 is passed through the tongue to keep it open. 



and kept in position by means of a peg, as 

 shown in Fig. 27, and this peg may be made of 

 galvanised wire, or cut from hazel twigs, etc. 



The young branches of many kinds of shrubs 

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