PROPAGATION OF PLANTS. 



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ities where the \vint(;r Is severe, it is best to take 

 the cuttino- before cold weather. 



Directions for making- Iiaicl wood cuttings : (a) For 

 tliis i>urpose, select the most vigorous branches 

 of such plants as the gooseberry, currant, and 

 many varieties of the grape and flowering 

 shrubs, and cut off that portion which con- 

 sists of last year's growth (Fig. 66). 



[d) Divide each of these stems into cuttings 

 of at least two nodes. (If the internode is 

 short, as in the currant and gooseberry, sev- 

 eral nodes may he included in the cutting.) 

 The stem should be cut off immediately below 

 the lower node and allowed to e.xtend one- 

 fourth of an inch above the upper one (Fig. 

 69). 



[c) These should be tied in bunches of 

 from twenty-five to fifty eac 

 packed in boxes of green sa 

 sand, and kept in a cool, da 

 spring. 



((/) The cuttings may 

 be started in a propagating- 

 bo.x (see page 226) or hot- 

 bed as early as February 

 or March, and transferred 

 to the open ground as 

 soon as the weather per- 

 mits. Where this is not season. 

 practicable, they may re- /• Two-year-oid wood, 

 main packed in the sawdust 

 until favorable weather, '■'- f'f>--Twi(; ok whitk elm 



(Ulmiis Ameticana, I,.) 



and placed at once in the 



open ground, which has been prepared by deep plowing 



and thorough pulverizing. 



d buds. 

 b. Flower or fruit bud. 

 ('. Stipule scar. 

 d. I^eaf scar. 

 ('. Growth of one 



