' The Practice and Science of Gardening ' : 2—' Propagation '
C. H. MlDDLETON
In Mr. Middleton's talk this afternoon-his first talk this term-Schools are to hear various methods of increasing
I plants other than by sowing seeds.
He will discuss propagation by cuttings, by layering (bending down, underslitting, and ground-pegging of side shoots of carnations), by budding and grafting (of roses), by division (of perennial roots).
Schools will learn why certain plants are propagated by these vegetative methods and why other plants are raised from seeds : the difference between grafting and budding, in the case of fruit trees ; and why cuttings of such plants as currants are inserted in the open ground, while cuttings of, say, geraniums are kept in a greenhouse.