Gardening for Amateurs 



the bud is crushed or cracked the rain 

 gets in and rots the wood, with disastrous 

 results. When the bud has begun to grow 

 freelv, a stick or a cane should be fixed near 

 by, so that the shoot which grows from the 

 bud may be tied to it. This protects the 

 bud from the danger of being bkm-n out, 

 a not uncommon occurrence when this pre- 

 caution has been neglected. Some similar 



How a Rose cutting is The depth at which The wrong way to put 

 formed. the cutting should in cuttings, 



be inserted 



Correct methods of inserting Rose cuttings. 



protection can be arranged for buds on 



standards. 



Grafting is of little use to amateurs, and 



is really only practised by trade growers in 



special cases and for special purposes. Glass 



and heat are necessary. 



Layering is extremely simple. It is 



used chiefly for getting " own-root " plants 



of climbers, such as Wichuraianas, whose 

 thin and flex- 

 ible growths 

 lend them- 

 selves to this 

 method of in- 

 crease. The 

 plan generally 

 pursued is to 

 cut partly 

 through a 

 growtli and 

 then to carry 

 the cut along 

 the middle of 

 the woo d, 

 making a 

 '' t ong u e," 

 after which 

 the growth is 

 carefully bent 

 back and up- 

 wards at this 

 point. This 

 cut is kept 

 open by put- 

 ting into it a 

 piece of stone, 

 brick, slate, 

 or some sub- 

 stance which 

 will effect the 

 purpose ar.d 

 will not rot. 

 A hole or nar- 

 row trench is 

 made in the 

 soil, and the 

 shoot is put 

 in this and 

 pegged down ; 

 the portion of 

 the shoot be- 

 yond the cut 

 is brought 



