The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-08-04

The conditions required for propagaf-
inc plants hy cuttings or slips are very |
nearly the same. a. far rs temperature
and soil 70. aS arc found 10 give the best
RESULTS IN raising from seeds. In fact.
II makes but little difference what the
soil Il for roofing cuttings. provided y
Il porous. We have experimental win
nearly everything. and iind there y NJ
tic choice. although Il is our practice 10
use ordinary building sand. as y y
cleaner 10 work with than anything
else. and when watered never gets mud
DIV. a. q heavier soil would do. But %
not snpposc for a minute that sand Is
indispensable TO the roofing Of cuttings.
for II the conditions Of temperature are
right. and the condition Of the cuttings
Is right. they will root in almost any ma
terial in which they are placed. The
temperature required j. very similar g
that in which seeds should be germin-
ated. II Of a hardy mixture. they will
do nicely in a temperature averaging
sixty degrees. but II Of tender or trop.-
ical nature then the temperature should
not average less than seventy-fvc de-
grces. For example. you can very east
IL root cuttings Of Geraniums. Roses.
Vcrbenas. Petunias. Carnations and
others Of what are known n green
house plants" in 4 temperature ayerag-
ing sixty degrees; but II We attempt 70
root Coleus. Bouvardias. Begonias and
other plants whose nature il tropical ut
that temperature. they will be almost
certain to fail. and success can only be
complete at a temperature ranging from
seventy 10 eighty degrees. Much de-
pends on the condition Of the cutting. |
believe | was the first % introduce what
il known as the swapping condition OF
the cutting. That Is. when the shoot
Of 4 verbena, Gcranium. Fuchsia. be
gonia. Stevia or plants Of that character.
Is bent. if il breaks or snaps clcap OF
then il Is in The proper condition for
| roofing: II il bends il Il not. Not that
the bent cutting would not root, but that
| il would take LONGER ID root. and make
q feebler plant when il did root than
one that had the proper conditions for
the forming Of roots.
Florists use what are called propagat-
ing benches for roofing cuttings when
wanted Oh 4 large scale. a. they usually
are BY them; but when an ameieur not
having greenhouse facilities wishes 70
root q few slips. there i no process that
we can recommend better than what j.
known as 1.-THE saucer SYSTEM which.
even al the risk OF telling Il 20 some 81
your readers who alreads understand il.
must again repeat. as there II no other
plan that i so simple and % safe. Take
any common saucer or plate. into which
nut sand 70 Tie depth Of an inch or q
Then prepare tie cuttings in the usual
manner and place them in the sand close
enough 10 touch each other. The sand
j. then TO be watercd - A. 70 bring il
into the condition Of mud The saucer
thus filled with slips nay be placed on
the window ill and exposed % the sun
The cuttings mus be fully exposed q
the sun and never shaded. But one
condition Is absolutely essential 10 suc-
cess: until the cuttings take root the
sand must le kept continually saturated
with water. and aIwass in the condition
81 mud. 10 do this the slips must b
waiered al least once a day with a very
line rose watering pot. and The watering
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