Jur.Y 12, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



67 



;i)ort, but in order to obtain a greater 



ncrease resort must be had to leaf eyes. 



As however, all sports are bud varia- 



'ions, still other sports are liable to oc- 



iir. 

 Propagation of any particular plant 



. leans the perpetuation of that plant in 



riother individual. Every new plant 



aised in this way is a part of the orig- 



iial and just as old; it is the same plant. 



i 11 connection with this fact it should 



■)0 noted that when a carnation gets 



•cady to sport, it freruently sports in 



overal places at the same time. So 



'vell is this fact known by judges that 



,vhen a sport is put before them for 



rertification the award, if considered, is 



•generally withheld until it is found if 



I he sport has appeared elsewhere. 



Propagation by Layering. 



Layering is nature's favorite way. 

 She does it quite openly. To get a plant 

 on its own roots is a good way, and in 

 some caseSj if not the; only way, it is the 

 l)est and most practical way. Ehodo- 

 dendrons cannot well be rooted from 

 cuttings. I do not say it is impossible, 

 for what one cannot do another may, 

 but for most people it is impracticable 

 to root rhododendrons from cuttings. 

 They can be layered, though it may 

 take two years to do it. Layering for 

 rhododendrons is, in my opinion, best 

 for this country, and, in the opinion of 

 at least one noted grower, is best for 

 any country. 



In foreign countries the most easily 

 workable stock for grafting rhododen- 

 drons is ponticum, a plant of uncertain 

 liardiness in itself here. It is well 

 enough to use it for a stock if grafted 

 low enough so that the scion gets on 

 its own roots, but it is uncertain and 

 short-lived as a stock. The result is 

 that when we import rhododendrons, 

 unless we get layered plants we get 

 something not dependable. 



As a rule, plants that will not layer 

 are difficult to root from cuttings. I 

 have never seen pines, hemlocks or firs 

 layer naturally, or even artificially, nor 

 liave I been able to root them from cut- 

 tings. As I said before, nature often 

 shows the way and we frequently find 

 hydrangeas, loniceras, deutzias, forsy- 

 thias, viburnums, currants, gooseberries 

 and grape vines rooting wherever they 

 happen to strike the ground. With this 

 hint, man goes nature one better by 

 making cuts in the stem, bending the 

 branch to the soil and covering it with 

 prepared loam. 



Formerly carnations were rooted 

 mostly by layering. We had not be- 

 come acquainted with the expeditious 

 methods now in use in this country, 

 where they are rooted by tens of thou- 

 sands from cuttings. 



Grafting and Budding. 



Grafting has been said by one nota- 

 ble authority to be a makeshift at best. 

 I will not venture to disagree with that 

 authority. It is a valuable makeshift, 

 nevertheless. In this, as in all other 

 methods of propagation, nature has 

 shown the way and examples of natural 

 grafting, while not numerous, are still 

 common enough to have come within the 

 observation of most gardeners and oth- 

 .ers interested in horticulture. With few 

 exceptions, plants would prefer to be 

 on their own roots and they make stren- 

 uous efforts to get there if given a 

 chance. 



Nevertheless, grafting is indispensa- 

 ble and few processes have added more 

 to the material welfare of mankind. We 



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