CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

’I(i. ,-)!b. Ru~~rwr of srclgc, covered in tmhe leaf-mold.
rooting only
at its tip. A
birgrr is a shoot
or root, attached
to the parent
plant, partinllj
or wholly covc&red
witAi earth,
with the intention
that it
shall t&e root
and then be
severed from
the parent. :
The operation
or practice
of making a
layer, or the
state or voll(lition of being lac\.ered, with the knowledge
relating thertto, is known as hycrrrge.
Great numbers of plants that do not propagate naturally
by means of layers are readily increased by this rneans under
the direction of the cultivator. In most cases it is necessary
only to lay don-n the branches, cover them with earth, and
allow them to remain until roots are ‘well formed, when -the
parts may be severed from the parent. Layering is one of
the simplest and commonest methods of propagation, as the
mother-plant nurses the layer-piants until they can sustain