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Title: Cassell's popular gardening
Identifier: cassellspopularg00fish_0 (find matches)
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901; Fish, D. T. (David Taylor), 1824-1901
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: London ; New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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14 CASSELL'S POPULAE GARDENING. TDrancii of tlie ordinary character suddenly emerges one more or less widely different, becomes much more easy. In-arcliiiig consists simply in bringing two stems of different plants into contact by their denuded surfaces, and keeping them in contact till union takes place. Figs. 55 and 56 will show at a glance how this is effected, and how the scion is ultimately detached. Such unions, either be- tween branches of the same or of different trees, are not uncom- monly met with in a natural state. Layering is a form of progagation often practised with trees and shrubs, in which a branch is bent down to the ground, and retained there by a peg oi' hook till roots are emitted, when the layer may be severed between the newly- formed roots and the main stem, and the new plant thus libe- rated. The chapter on the propagation of the Rose shows how this is accom- plished, and Fig. 57 shows a modification of the process when it is desired to " strike " the top of a large tree, so as to reduce the size of the tree, and en- able it to be grown in a smaller house than would other- wise be possible. The layering of Carnations is effected by bending down the shoot as in ordinary layering, and in addi- tion, severing it longitudinally, so as to leave a tongue in the form of the letter <. Roots are formed from the lower limb of the section, and when produced the rooted portion is severed from the plant as in ordi- nary layering. THE HAEDY FRUIT GARDEN. Bi' D. T. Fish, assisted by William Cakmichael.
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Fig. 57.—Shows the method of 860111-111? the production of roots from branches, so as to enable the cultivator to reduce the size of a plant. THE TRAINING OF APPLE-TREES INTO DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES. VARIETY of form is one of the chief charms of the Apple in the mixed hardy fruit garden, as it is of the landscape. No matter how pleasing or profit- able any one form may be, it is better ahke for the eye and the pocket to intro- duce variety into our fruit gardens. Not only may more trees, as a rule, be success- fully grown in a given space if they vary widely in form, but there is a far better chance of some escaping the sj^ring frost that so often wholly wrecks, or I>artially destroys, much of our hard)' fruits. The relation of height and form of trees to climate has only begun to excite attention. When more carefully and generally noted, pro- bably a body of evidence may be col- lected that will go a con^siderable way to make the form and height of the tree contribute to its safety. That the cold sweeps over the earth in lines of dif- fering heights from the groimd in dif- ferent localities is pretty well known. Hence it is no un- common thing to find that at times the heads of tall pyramids will be blighted while their bases escape. At other times, and especially at other places, the reverse order of destruction may be ob- served. Ground cordons eighteen inches from the ground will at times have their blossoms desti-oyed, while oblique cordons running up, either single or

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