CONTENTS XV 



PAGES 



ilization, 326 ; Seed treatments, 327 ; Spraying, 328 ; 

 Fungicides, 329 ; Bordeaux mixture, 330 ; Aminoniacal 

 solution of copper carbonate, 331 ; Lime sulfur, 332 ; 

 Other forms of sulfur, 333 ; Non-parasitic diseases, 334 ; 

 Resistance to disease, 335 ; Weeds, 336 ; Kinds of 

 weeds, 337 ; Annual and biennial weeds, 338 ; Peren- 

 nial weeds, 339. 



CHAPTER XIV 



THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS. BY SEEDS, DIVISION AND 



CUTTING 186-213 



Propagation, 340 ; Methods of propagation, 341 ; 

 Propagation by seeds, 342 ; Propagation by division, 

 343 ; Methods of propagation by divisions, 344 ; Propa- 

 gation by parts intact, 345 ; Propagation by suckers, 

 346 ; Propagation by stolons, 347 ; Propagation by lay- 

 ers or layering, 348 ; Propagation by division of the 

 crown, 349 ; Propagation by detached parts, 350 ; Propa- 

 gation by specialized buds, 351 ; The bulb, 352 ; Bulb- 

 lets, 353; The corm, 354; The tuber, 355; Planting, 

 356 ; Propagation by sections of the plant, 357 ; Propa- 

 gation by cuttings, 358 ; Ease of propagation by cut- 

 tings, 359 ; Characteristics of a cutting, 360 ; Parts used 

 for cuttings, 361 ; Conditions that favor the growth of 

 cuttings, 362 ; Methods for controlling temperature, 

 363 ; The coldframe, 364 ; The hotbed, 365 ; The green- 

 house, 366 ; Heating greenhouses, 367 ; The propagat- 

 ing-bed, 368 ; Methods of controlling humidity, 369 ; 

 Propagation by cuttings from dormant plants, 370 ; The 

 storage of cuttings, 371 ; Planting cuttings in autumn, 

 372 ; Stem cuttings, 373 ; Length of stem cuttings, 374 ; 

 How to plant stem cuttings, 375 ; Propagation from 

 cuttings of the root, 376 ; Propagation by cuttings from 

 active plants (green cuttings, slips), 377 ; Care in mak- 

 ing green cuttings, 378 ; Kinds of green cuttings, 379 ; 

 How to make green cuttings of herbaceous plants, 380 ; 

 How to make green cuttings of woody plants, 381 ; 

 Propagation by leaf cuttings, 382. 



