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FIG. 109— POTTING 

 I. Placing the drainage in the 

 pot. 2. Placing the rooted cutting 

 and the soil. 3. Firming the plant 

 in the pot. 



pr.ANT PROPAGATION 



wood trees, shrubs and vines 

 such as rose, lilac, dier\illa and 

 hydrangea. For outdoor work 

 they are made usually before 

 midsummer; indoors, during- 

 late winter. They are cut and 

 treated about the same as are 

 hardwood cuttings. Frequently 

 they are secured in summer after 

 the buds have developed and 

 the wood is nearly mature. 

 Two to five buds are usually 

 allowed. The cuttings are set 

 only a couple of inches deep at 

 most in frames sheltered 

 from sun and wind. Until the 

 roots have formed they are 

 kept closely covered and are 

 often sprinkled to keep the air 

 about them humid. 



179. Grape cutting storage experi- 

 ment — A bundle of grape cuttings 

 was placed in dust as soon as made, 

 another in sand, a third half in sand, 

 and a fourth in the same cellar but 

 without protection. In spring when 

 planted in the nursery, best results 

 were secured with the dust-stored 

 cions, next best with those in sand 

 and poorest with those left uncovered 

 — only about 20 per cent of dust- 

 stored cions. 



180. "June-struck cuttings" 



are made from the young shoots 

 of Various hardy shrubs such as 

 privet, weigela and hydrangea. 

 The two to three-inch cuttings 

 partly stripped of their leaves 

 are started under glass. Thev 

 must be very carefully shaded 



