CHE REFERENCE LIBRARY - Pole Shift Survival Information

72 THE NURSERY-MANUAL
case the covering should
be shallow, not exceeding
2 to 5 inches. If
the shoot is stiff, a
stone or sod may be
FIG. 01. Covered layer of viturnmn. placed on it to hold it
down ; OF a crotched
stick ma!- be thrust dower over it, as in the “ pegging down”
operation of propagators.
The strongest plants are usually obtained by taking only
oiw plant from each shoot, nut1 for this purpose the earth
should be applied only at one point, ‘preferably over a bud somewhere
near the middle of the shoot. If the buds are clos?
togetllrlr, all but the strongest me may be cut out. If more
plants are desired, however, swpwti~rl~r Ltayerl:~g may be practiced,
as shown at A in Fig. CjZ (left foreground). The shoot is bent in
an undulating way and from every covered part roots will
form and a plant may be obtained. The completely covered