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stone-crops. We have seen a leaf of celery partly separated from 

 the parent plant which has sent out roots, and it is possible that 

 numbers of others hitherto untried might grow independently. 



Roots do not generally produce buds, but sea-kale is commonly 

 grown from root-cuttings. There is a large field for experimenting 



Photograph by Wilfred Mark Webb. 

 FIGURE 144. Young Bryophyllum plants growing from a detached leaf. 



as to the powers of plants which have been briefly outlined. If a 

 greenhouse is available it will be a help, but little difficulty should 

 be met with in protecting the specimens by covering them with 

 glass jars, so that they do not dry up unduly, before the new roots 

 can secure moisture from the soil. 



