PROPAGATION OF PLANTS. 



Directions for root-cuttings: (a) The roots 

 should be cut into pieces two or three inches 

 long. Most of them thrive best when started 

 with bottom heat. 



(6) Plant horizontally, close together, and 

 entirely cover with two or three inches of 

 soil. 



II. Budding.* 



To propagate a plant by budding is 

 to take a mature bud from the plant 

 which one desires to perpetuate, and to 



FIG. 70. CUTTING OK HI.ACKBERRY ROOT. 



insert it in the bark of some allied 

 plant in which it develops. This must 

 be done when the bark will peel easily 

 and mature buds can be procured, the 

 time of which will depend entirely 

 upon the season. In general, there 



* Suggestion to teacher : The work of budding 

 should be studied at the time of year when the 

 required conditions are present in nature. 



If, however, the school is not in session at this 

 time, willow switches in which the growth has been 

 started by standing in water in a sunny window for 

 several weeks may be used as stocks, just to teach 

 the students how to perform the operations of bud- 

 ding. 



