CHAPTER III. 



PROPAGATION. SECTION I. 



AJJj GROWTH IS DEPENDANT UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CEILS THK 

 SEED AND THE BUD ; THEIR RESEMBLANCE THE INDIVIDUALI- 

 TY OF BUDS THE BASIS OF ALL PROPAGATION BUDS ARE DEVEL- 

 OPED INTO TWIGS ; HAVE POWER OF EMITTING ROOTS IMPORTANCE 



OF THE STUDY OF CELL GROWTH BY CUTTINGS: PREPARATION 



AND SELECTION HEEL-CUTTINGS SOFT WOOD HARD WOOD 

 SEASONS FOR EACH FALL PLANTING THE CALLUS, OR DEVELOP- 

 MENT OF CELL-GROWTH BOTTOM HEAT; WHY BENEFICIAL WHY 

 SPRING CUTTINGS FAIL STIMULUS OF LIGHT UPON THE BUDS, 

 CAUSES THEM TO EXPAND, AND THE LEAVES EVAPORATE TOO FREE- 

 LY ROOT CUTTINGS ; DIFFERENT FRUITS THUS PROPAGATED 



BY SUCKERS : OBJECTIONS TO ANSWERED SUCKER ORCHARDS ; 

 BEAR EARLY SUCKER TREES APT TO SUCKER AGAIN BY LAY- 

 ERS: A NATURAL METHOD HOW PERFORMED THE RASPBERRY 

 AND THE GRAPE ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL 

 METHODS QUINCE STOCKS ADJUVANTS TO LAYERING, NOTCHING. 



ETC BY SEEDS: HOW IT DIFFERS FROM THE OTHERS APPLE 



SEEDLINGS THEIR TREATMENT, SEPARATING, AND PREPARING THE 

 SEED APPARATUS SPROUTING SOWING CULTIVATION SEED- 

 LINGS TREATMENT' SORTING PACKING. 



All propagation of plants must depend upon the devel- 

 opment of seeds or of buds, and all will arise from the 

 growth and extension of cells. The seed and the bud are 

 much more nearly related than a casual observer would at 



