A Guide to Floriculture Author:Thomas Winter Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3ccrrence of this in the garden rose, which, if allowed to remain in one place many years, will shove their suekeis some distance; the original tree for want of nourishment, the soil being ... more »exhausted, will perish ; and so it v/ill be found with pot plants if the soil be not changed by some chemical process, and that generally is effected by manure. When the soil is congenial to plants the nutricious sap accumulates, and the plant grows vigorously so long as there remains a sufficiency of food in the soil; but when exhausted we find the plant using its functions to escape from its deleterious soil if that be impossible, and if not repotted the consequence will be death, for the leaves cannot imbibe the gases of the surrounding atmosphere when the roots are sickly, as the one is dependent on the other. CUTTINGS, and C. This is an easy way of propagating the different varieties of our fine and most beautiful species of plants that decorate the parlor. There are different methods of striking cuttings, and different seasons that are more congenial for that accomplishment . It is not material which way the object be obtained so long as the textit{ultimatum be gained. Some propagators will adhere to the system they have found successful. However, as my object is to instruct the young amateur, I will not discuss this or that system, but exhibit to their comprehension as simple a plan as possible, although not a new one. It will be found in experience that succulent plants are the most easy to strike root; the harder the wood the more difficult. In striking cuttings one thing must be adhered to, as much depends on the manner of preparing the cuttings; for unless cut close to the joint there is not much dependence to be placed in the success of the undertaking, for the bud that you cut close to. when inserted in the...« less