PLANT PROPAGATION 



GREENHOUSE AND 

 NURSERY PRACTICE 



By M. G. KAINS 



This is a complete guide to the successful propagation of 

 plants. It will make its strongest appeal to the propagator 

 because of the new methods, short-cuts, "wrinkles" and 

 "kinks" gathered from a wide variety of sources. Thus it 

 will be means of making money. To the teacher the book 

 will appeal because of its convenient arrangement, its presen- 

 tation of established and new theories and its large but con- 

 densed list of "practicums" suitable for the use of students 

 and all grades of development. To both practical man and 

 teacher it will appeal alike because of the wealth of its 

 illustrations. Besides the numerous drawings which illustrate 

 methods, etc., there are several scores of half-tones from 

 photos taken in nurseries, greenhouses and other establish- 

 ments in widely separated parts of the United States and 

 abroad. In fact, the illustrations are the most representative 

 of the propagator's art ever brought tc^ether in a single 

 volume. 



Nor is the amateur forgotten; the book devotes many 

 pages to special plant lists and condensed directions for 

 propagation of vegetables, fruits, annual and perennial 

 flowers, bulbs, ferns, orchids, cacti, evergreens, deciduous 

 trees and shrubs, vines, water plants, greenhouse and house 

 plants and palms. In no other volume is so much informa- 

 tion concerning so many plants (about 1,000 species) con- 

 tained in such concise form. From the standpoint of the 

 lists alone the volume, is worth its price. 



The table of contents includes an introduction on general 

 principles ; then follow chapters on germination, seed testing, 

 potting, layerage, bottom heat, cuttage, classes of cuttings, 

 graftage, and theories and laws. Daniel's experiments in 

 graftage, tree stocks and scion handling, grafting waxes 

 and wound dressing, methods of grafting considered in- 

 dividually, budding methods, nursery management and laws 

 affecting nursery stock. 



lUttstrated, 5^x7^ Inches. 342 Pa^es. Cloth. 



