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the embryo of them, they are then fit to pot off, or plant 

 under a hand-glass, when they require to be shaded for a few 

 days, and watered, and when sufficiently rooted planted out, 

 where they are to remain. 



GermeSy or bulbs, are produced by the side of the parent 

 bulbs, altliough sometimes above them, and are denominated 

 radical or root-germes, to distinguish them from such as are 

 produced on the stems of some plants, such as some species 

 of Allium, Lillunn, &c. ; and such are denominated cauline, 

 or stem-germes, or bulbs. Germes, or bulbs, whether radical 

 or cauline, should be immediately planted after being removed 

 from the parent-plant, as they are generally small, and very 

 apt to be dried up, and soon lose their living principle if left 

 long exposed to the air. 



Runners occur in many hardy plants, but not very frequently 

 with those which are inhabitants of our green-houses or con- 

 servatories. They are young plants, which proceed from long 

 cord or thread-like appendages, which issue from many her- 

 baceous plants, and generally strike root wherever they touch 

 a favorable surface. When their roots are sufficiently formed, 

 they may be taken entirely from the parent-plant, and treated 

 as other young plants. 



Suckers are of two kinds, that is, proceeding from the roots 

 and also from the stem. The former have been defined to be 

 merely runners under ground ; some extending to a consider- 

 able distance from the original, and others rising quite close 

 to it. As these in general are rooted under ground, all that is 

 required is to take them up with a portion of root attached to 

 them, and dispose of them as if perfectly-formed plants. The 

 latter sort seldom have any roots attached to them while they 

 remain on the parent, as is exemplified in the case of the pine- 

 apple, the majority of succulent plants, &c. In propagating 

 by them, it is necessary to remove them when they become 

 partially hard at the bottom, after which, they should be laid 

 by to dry for a few days, and afterwards potted, when they 

 will, if kept moderately dry, make roots in a short time. 



In regard to the various methods of propagation, which may 

 be denominated artificial, we have, in their respective places 

 throughout this work, had occasion to notice them, particu- 

 larly in the Fruit Garden {ivhich see). 



