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seeds, 57; Storage of seeds, 58; Germination of seeds, 

 59; Viability, 60; External conditions, 61; Mois- 

 ture, 62; Oxygen, 63; Heat, 64; Media for germi- 

 nation, 65; Adulterated seed, 66; Special methods of 

 causing seeds to germinate, 67; Planting seeds, 68; 

 Time of germination, 69; Transplanting, 70. 



CHAPTER IV 



ASEXUAL PROPAGATION OF PLANTS ON THEIR OWN ROOTS 54-68 



Plants on their own roots, and on the roots of other 

 plants, 71; Layering, 72; Tip layering, 73; Simple 

 layering, 74; Serpentine or compound layering, 75; 

 Continuous layering, 76; Trench layering, 77; 

 Mound layering, 78; Chinese or pot layering, 79; 

 Time for layering, 80; Runners, 81; Cuttings, 82; 

 Leaf -cuttings, 83; Tuber-cuttings, 84; Root-cuttings, 

 85; Stem-cuttings, 86; Hardwood cuttings, 87; 

 Best time for making cuttings, 88; How to make 

 hardwood cuttings, 89; Cuttings of coniferous 

 plants, 90; Softwood cuttings, 91; How to make 

 softwood cuttings, 92; Planting softwood cuttings, 93; 

 Semi-hardwood cuttings, 94; Offsets, 95; Tuberous 

 roots, 96; Tuber, 97; Bulbs and corms, 98; Media 

 for growth, 99; Temperature, 100; Apparatus for 

 growing cuttings, 101. 



CHAPTER V 



ASEXUAL PROPAGATION ON THE ROOTS OF OTHER PLANTS 69-85 



Uses of budding and grafting, 102; Limits of 

 grafting and budding, 103; Essential points in graft- 

 ing or budding, 104; Budding, 105; Types of bud- 

 ding, 106; Shield-budding, 107; Preparing the stock 

 previous to budding, 108; Selecting bud-wood, 109; 

 The operation of budding, 110; Position, 111; 

 Budding-knife, 112; Cutting the stock, 113; In- 

 serting the bud, 114; Tying, 115; Removing the 

 ligatures, 116; Topping the budded trees, 117; 

 Other forms of budding, 118; Flute-, patch-, or 

 veneer-budding, 119; Ring- or annular-budding, 

 120; H-budding, 121; Chip-budding, 122; Fall- 



