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PROPAGATION BY LAYERS. 



Fig. 187. A carnation layered. 



-^^8. Shrubby plants in pots kept under glass may either be layered by 

 laying down the entire plant on its side (622), or by 

 placing pots under it, or raising pots among its branches, 

 and layering the shoots into these. The shoot may either 

 be laid down mto the pot, or brought up through a hole 

 in its bottom, or in its side (fig. 52, in p. 143) ; a tin ease 

 filled with soil or moss may be suspended from the plants. 

 Fig 188 Layerivg a ^"^^ shoots ringed, as indicated in figs. 189 and 190 ; 

 cutting. or a ring of bark being taken off, the wounded part may 



Fig. 4 89. A branch ringed and prepared to be rooted \ 

 a /in case witfiout separating it from the tree. 



Fig. 190. Different bra-iches 

 layered in tin cases. 



