PLANT PROPAGATION 



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Flower pot filled with soil 

 and sand, the sand at the 

 top. Soft wooded cuttings 

 root most readily if placed 

 around the edges of the 

 pot. Seedlings trans- 

 planted mav be placed 

 similarly 



following shrubs should be so treated: Bar- 

 berry, Sweet Shrub New Jersey Tea, Snow- 

 drop Tree, Shadbush, Privet, Honeysuckle, 

 Styrax, Snowberry, Indian Currant, Hawthorn 

 and the Viburnums. When the ground is in 

 condition for planting, sift the seeds from the 

 sand and sow in rows. Planting should not be 

 delayed or else the seeds will have sprouted 

 and will be injured by the handHng at this 

 time. They should then start rather readily. 



Tree seeds are treated the same as those of 

 shrubs. Seeds which, though hard, will not 

 stand freezing are often filed or nicked with 

 a knife. The following tree seeds need to be 

 placed in sand and frozen: Maples, Ailan- 

 thus. Birch, Catalpa, Chestnut, Beech, Ash, 

 Hickory, Butternut, Black Walnut, Locust, Basswood; and besides 

 these are the fruit trees, namely: Apple, Cherry, Peach, Pear, Plum. 

 A number of tree and shrub seeds should be sown immediately 

 after ripening. The principal ones are: Trees — Birch, Chest- 

 nut, Elm, 

 Hackberry, 

 Horse-Chest- 

 nut, Magno- 

 lia, Maple, 

 Oak, Poplar, 

 Ptelia, Sweet \ 

 Gum. Shrubs 

 — Bayberry, 

 Honeysuckle, 

 Nemopan- 

 thes, Rose , 

 Spiraea. 



Seeds differ 

 greatly in 

 their germ- 

 inating power. 

 The White 

 Oak germin- 

 ates quickly, 

 the Black Oak 

 slowly. The 



Section of a typical Flower: p — Petal: 'The petals taken together 

 are called the corolla, s — Sepal: Sepals taken togeth&r are called 

 the calyx, st — Stamen: The male part of plant, fi — The filament 

 or thread-like part of stamen, an — The filament or pollen producing 

 part of stamen, pi — Pistil or female part of flower, sti — the stigma 

 or part receiving the pollen, o — The ovary which bears the seeds, 

 r — Receptacle, often helps to make up the fruit 



