LESSON XII 



GROWING PLANTS BY CUTTINGS, SCIONS, 

 AND BUDS 



CAN you name several plants which are not usually 

 grown from seeds ? What crop is obtained by planting 

 underground stems ? Can you name one or more house 

 plants which are started by planting in the soil a leaf 

 or branch from a parent plant? Do you know a tree 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



which can be grown by planting twigs in the moist 

 earth ? 



Cuttings. With many crops it is far better to 

 use cuttings instead of seeds to obtain the new plants. 

 A cutting may be a leaf, or a piece of root or stem. 

 If a leaf of a begonia or rubber plant is placed in moist 



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