CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

There .~=e comparatively
few species in which they form the
most available means of multiplication. IIn some cases,
variegat-ion will not be reproduced by the rooted
leaf. ‘i‘his is true in the ivy-leaved geranium
Ixlt’gilIltC ; a good plant may be obtained, but it
reverts to the plain-lea-931 type.
Cuttings of the stem divide themselves into two
general classes : those known as cuttings of the ripe,
~11uttlI*t~ or Ili~r(l wood ; and cuttings of the green,
iillinaturti or soft wood. The two classes run into
~a(*11 tjt.llvr, and no hard and fast line can be drawn
lwt\ww tlwIlL
I- tIltA ttlrtti htrr7.I~ood is meant wood or tissue
that is mature or nearly so and will not grow an>
mow till the following season. The leaves may not
have fallen, but the growth of the season (at least
ill leq$h) is ~*ompleted.
C ‘uttings of the hard dormant wood are made at
ail>. time from late summer to q3ring. It is advisable
to make them in autumn, to allow them to callus
\W~OW the plaiitin g stbason, and to forestall injury
from a se~re winter. They may be taken as early
as ;Iugust, or as soon as the wood is mature, and
he stripped of leaves. Callusing then takes place in
time to allow of fall planting. Or, t.he cuttings
Frc;. 111 . taken iu early fall may be planted immediately,
~‘urr:111t rat- ;wl be allowed to callus where they stand. All
tiug (s i;).
fall cutting-beds shou!d be nmlchedS, to prevent
the heaving of the cuttings. As ti rule, however, dormalat
hardwood cuttings are buried on a sandy knoll or n+re stored