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CUTTINGS AND LAYERINGS 



Trees and Shrubs Grown from Hard Wood Cuttings. — Among 

 our" common fruits which may be grown from cuttings may be 



mentioned currants, gooseber- 

 ries and grapes. If slender 

 twigs are taken from goose- 

 berries this process of propa- 

 gation is not. very successful. 

 Fleshy twigs from certain 

 types or varieties will succeed 

 if conditions are favorable. 



Willows and all kinds of 

 poplars are more commonly 

 propagated by this method 

 than by any other. 



A number of our orna- 

 mental shrubs can easily be 

 propagated by hard wood cut- 

 tings taken either in late fall 

 or very early spring if time is 

 allowed for some callousing. 

 Among these may be men- 

 tioned golden bell (Forsythia) 

 (Fig. 27) Japanese rose (Rosa 

 rugosa) barberry, privet, sy- 

 ringa, some dogwoods, and 

 many others. 



Soft or Green Wood Cut- 

 tings.- — There are at least two 

 types of soft or green wood 

 cuttings: (1) those in which 

 the leaf is the chief part of the 

 cutting, as in the case of fleshy 

 begonia leaves, and (2) those 

 which use a part of the green 

 stem and one or more small 

 leaves attached to this. The 

 geranium is a good example of 

 the second type. 



Green wood cuttings may 

 Fi j ' ! 7, ~wl ad ?- oe in ™ al f in B cuttings of ripe be started at anv time if the 



wood about the time the leaves are ready to J uimc ai uiig 



fall. They are stored for planting in the spring. plants are gTOWn within doors. 



