Excerpt from Plant Propagation; Being a Description of the Various Methods Employed by Both Amateur and Professional Gardeners: Written and Comp Plant propagation is of the greatest utility to mankind, so much do we rely on the Vegetable Kingdom for our sustenance, clothing, furniture - absolute needs, in fact, to say nothing of our luxuries. Further, it is of special interest to those fond of the healthy pursuit of gardening. The many and different methods adopted for the increase and continuation of plants of widely different nature, both useful and ornamental, necessitates the exercise of much care and skill on the part of even the most intelligent gardener. While it must be admitted that with some species and varieties propagation is an easy matter, others will develop to such an extent without any human assistance that to restrict them within reasonable bounds is often the cause of much anxiety and labour. Others, again, may be raised in goodly numbers with comparatively little care and attention if the main features for their well-being are complied with. There, however, remain many which call for considerable practice, patience, and skill on the part of the operator. Thus, the services of a clever and successful propagator are usually esteemed and recognised by his employer, whose desire it is to supply the market with young plants that may be relied on to thrive and to succeed satisfactorily. In all the different branches of gardening there is possibly none which excel in interest and fascination that of raising plants by the different methods of propagation in vogue.

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