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purpose. Grapes^ can easily be 

 'propagated by /this method. A 

 cane is merely bent down and a 

 node or two covered with soil. 

 They root readily and the new 

 plant can soon be separated from 

 the old one. 



Another type of layering is 

 that by which a bush is mounded 

 so that each shoot roots, making 

 from five to twenty-five young 

 plants iostead of one. After they 

 are well rooted the plant can be 

 divided and each part will be a 

 separate plant. Gooseberries and 

 many ornamental shrubs can be 

 mound-layered. Strawberries are propagated by runners; each Uttle 

 runner makes roots and forms a new plant. If one continues to keep 

 the rows between the Strawberries clear except for the plants 

 wanted another year, the crop' can be nicely renewed. The old 

 plants are pulled and the new ones transplanted into place in anew 

 row. Raspberries are propagated by bending down their tips and 

 covering with soil. The tips root and the little new plants resiJting 

 may he transplanted. A sort of layering 

 goes on naturally with many plants. 

 Tomato stems root nicely when they 

 touch the soil. Squash may be encouraged 

 to root at several places by covering the 

 eyes or where the leaf arises from the stem 



Mound layering of Gooseberries, 

 serve the roots forming 



Method of layering a woody or half -woody plant, as for instance, a Rhododendron 

 or a Carnation, a, Slit or tongue cut half way through the stem; b,Ipebble to 

 keep sUt open; o, peg for holding down the layer; d, a stake to keep the shoot firm 



