Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-03-26
CUTTINGS. 0, SLIPS.

The branches, twtgs or slips Of plans
shtnbs ~ trees may, sometimes surecss.
f lily, BE- cni oil aud sri IN The ground 10 take
rooi and grow. The best time for This o,e,a.
ton is irum the miidle Of Augasi 4, The middle
OF April but When II is done, the SAP ongb,
not to be too much in the top u. lih.r mn,I il
he very dry or scaniy, ior the snp IN lha l., an.
ches assists il 10 take roof.
When you int@n4 To propagate trees Tor tim.
Der, or Ion tall, stately growth he very par
t'cular never 10 take The ca tilgs from hnri-
zonial branches, los they will ever hav. an IN
clinaiion 20 grow in \ spreading manncr; nj
ways make Choice ofpr,pendicuIar shoots, and
particularly those thai irl minute the brnncbes :
these vii produce the siraightesi rree.
The pnwer Of ptolfalDg buds or roots re.
sides chiefly Al The iniGis. ~ those parts wh.re
leaves or buds already exist Cuttings should.
therefore, he cut smoothly across AT nm eve OF
jniui Ibis cuttiag ought to be made IN the
wood OF tbe growth al the preceding season on
~ the pomt between The two prowlhs. II Is "A
common practice to cut of the whole or mart
OF the leaves Of cu ings which Loudou SAYS j,
attended with bad fleets
" Cuttings which are difficult To strike may
lac rendered more ila6table b. previous ringing;
II ring he made on The shoot hich is 10 GrnisI,
be cutting, calh, vii be rtcAled. which ii
asserted III The ground after the Cutting Is taken
oil, viii freely emit the roots. A lgaiure would
per haps5operaIe ~ similar manner though
mol so efficiently II should lightly encircle The
sndot destined Ior cutting, and tIfe latter
should he taken off when accumulation Of
sap has apparently been produced. The am.
putatipn IA the case,of the llgalure. rs well as
in thai ofihe ring. mus be made below the cir.
crs, apd The cutting must BE- 80 planted as To
l. all lit
IrGHs. vol. ". p 35S
q" Tie insertion al lh' cuttings NAV seem an
e0s} matter, and none bot praot ca cultivation
would ina gne that there could La any differ.
encc IN no growth. bsfween cuttings inserted
IN the Idle Of n poi, aud those Inserted ~ /,
sides. Yet such is actually the ease, and some
sorts oiirers. rs the orange, cerai0nia, NC il
inserted ~ "a nierv mass Of earth. will hardly il
~ all. throw on roots. Wilde, If thy are inseri
ril 10 sand, or ~ earth NJ the sides o The pots
so as 10 touch the POI IN their whole l~netb.
they seldom idll ol becoming rooted plants
knight fDHnd tn mulberry strike very well NV
cuttings, when they were so inserted and ,ybe,,
their lower ends tonrhcd straibm OF gravel or
broken pots and Hawkins. (Iiort. Trans. vol.
ii. p. II, Win had often tried 20 strike orange
trees wilhop success, III last heard OF n method.
bv which, ri ir.t triaI, eleven cuttings ONT of
thirteen grew. He hft n TO place them TO
touch the bottom OF III pot they ave then to
be plunged in baik OF nor.bed, and kept
moist
The management Of Cuttings, after thcy are
planted depends upon the general principle,
that where lie Is wrak, all cxctS ses Of exterior
agency must have tendsncy to render it ex-
tincf. No cutting requires to b. planted deep,
though such a. are large ought 10 be inserted
deeper than such AS are small Ia the case Of
eyergreens, tue leaves should be kept from
touching the soil, Otherwise they i. Ill damp
and rat of and ~ The case of tubnlar-stake
plants, which are in general not very easil,
struck. owing TO the water lodging in The tube,
ami roiing and emitting. both ends may, in some
cases, (as ~ common honey } be adyan.
lageousiy inserted in the sod, aud. besides a
greater certainty OF success. two plants will be
produced. Too much light, air, water, heat or
cold, are alike injurious. To guard against
these extremes in tender sorts, the means hith-
erto devised Is thato enclosing an atmosphere
oyer the cuiIin,s, by means OF hand or bell
glass, according 10 their delicacy, This pre-
serves uniform stiffness and moisture of at
mosphere. immersing the pc, in earth, Gil
the cuttings are 10 pots,) has a tendency to pre-.
Sc We steady, uniform degree of mo ssyre al
the roots and shading. or planting the cut,
lsing.. fin the epeo air, In snwiy sitsaticu
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