Propagating and Shipping Young Stock 



This tendency of like to produce like is proved by the selection of propa- 

 gating wood in the case of shoots that have sported. Cuttings taken from 

 the branch which shows the variation from the type will in most instances 

 produce a percentage of plants in which such variation remains, and fre- 

 quent selection of cuttings from these plants will finally fix the variation, 

 although for a considerable length of time there will be occasional rever- 

 sions to the original type. That is to say, if a variegated-flowered carnation 



A Desirable cuttings as taken from the sand Note strong root systems 



B Showing how inferior cuttings develop weak root systems 



C Desirable cuttings taken from soil after they have become established 



throws a shoot bearing a white bloom, a certain percentage of the cuttings 

 taken from this shoot will produce white blooms, but probably some will give 

 variegated flowers. If the propagation is continued a greater proportion of 

 the plants propagated from the one producing the white flower will continue 

 to throw white flowers, although now and then a plant, or even a portion of a 



