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Newly Invented Propagating Pot. 
plant;— but it is well known, that there is not an equal certainty of 
success with all plants attempted to be raised from cuttings. Layering, 
is another system of propagation, applied to plants which do not grow 
freely by the latter method; an evident objection arises her6, that of 
separating the layer from the stool, and transferring it to a pot, thereby 
retarding its growth, and perhaps endangering the plant; this is espe- 
cially annoying to the cultivator for sale, M'ho has looked forward to 
the time when his labour and attention were to have been rewarded, by 
having scarce plants ready for market. 
The benefits of using the propagating- pot, are as follows: — 
1st. — The certainty of all the branches making plants,— which is no 
small advantage in a new plant. 
2nd. — The layered branch is growing as vigorously, while rooting, 
as it was before laying ; with the superior advantage which layering in 
a pot possesses over the open ground, 
3rd. — The layers, which may now be called plants, being already 
confined in the pot, will only require separating and re- 
potting, to be saleable. 
4th. ^A succession of young plants may be obtained 
by removing the rooted ones, and re-placing the propa- 
gating-pot to the successional branches, which may be 
formed for any indefinite period. 
The propagator, [fig. 32] is made of the same mate- 
rial as the common garden-pot; the upper part 
(a) is the size and form of the small thirty-six, 
if but about two inches deeper, for holding suffi- 
Jl cient water to moisten the earth. A loop-hole 
I is cut through the side, about halfan-inch wide, 
and an inch and a half long, and about the same 
distance from the top, through which to admit 
the layer. To prevent communication between 
s"rH. K. the upper part and the socket, a small hole is 
made at the base of the pot, immediately under the loop- 
hole, to let out the superfluous water. 
B, is a socket, contmued from the upper part, intended 
to admit a stake, which may be long or short, to ele- 
vate or depr&ss the pot, as the branch to be layered may 
require. 
Fig. 33. — A propagating pot with a layer m it, upon 
a etake. s. ii. ,r. 
I remain, Cientlenieii, \'ours, rospcctfullv, 
Doncaster, October A, 1831. S. Api'lebt. 
