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100 THE N lJRSER Y-MA N IJA I,
stocks or underground stems can be made into cuttings, as
explained under division, in Chapter III ; but true root-cutt
ings possess no buds whatever,
the buds developing after the
cut,ting is planted.
Roots are usually cut into pieces
berry (s i).
1 to 3 inches long, and are planted
horizontally in soil or moss. These
cuttings thrive best with bottom heat, but blackberries and
some other plants grow fairly well with ordinary outdoor
treatment. A root-cutting of the blackberry is shown in
Fig. 103. A growing dracena root-cutting is illustrated in
Fig. 10-L The cuttings of this plant are handled in a propagating-frame
or on a c*utting-bench in a warm greenhouse. The
bouvardias and many &her plants are grown similarly from
root-cuttings. Many of the fruit-trees, a,s peach, cherry,
apple and pear, can 1~ grown readily from short root-cuttings
in a frame. *-hllC)llg
kitchen-garden plants, the
horse-radish is the most
familiar esanlple of propagation
by root-cuttings.
The small side roots, +
inch or so in diameter,
are rc~ov~l w1~e11 the
horse-radish is dug in fall
or spring, and tire cut into
4 to G-inch length as seen
in Fig. 105. These cut-
tings are knowi as ” sets”
among gardeners. When
FIG. 104. Root-cutting of dracena.
the cro&s of rhubarb
a,re cut and used for propagation, the operation falls strictly
under division, from the fact that buds or eyes are present ;