American Horticultural Society Plant

AHS Plant Propagation is a comprehensive, essential guide to increasing the numbers of a huge range of plants. An extensive introduction explains the botany and plant physiology behind the science of propagation, and the encyclopedic A - Z section presents all the appropriate techniques for more than 1,000 different kinds of plants. Specialized groups such as orchids, ferns, palms, grasses, and roses are given extensive feature treatment.

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6

(2)

INTRODUCTION

8

(40)

LEARNING FROM NATURE

10

(2)

PROPAGATION IN THE PAST

12

(2)

MODERN PROPAGATION

14

(2)

SEXUAL INCREASE OF PLANTS

16

(6)

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

22

(6)

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

28

(4)

SOILS AND GROWING MEDIA

32

(4)

PROPAGATION IN DIFFERENT CLIMATES

36

(2)

THE PROPAGATION ENVIRONMENT

38

(8)

PLANT PROBLEMS

46

(2)

GARDEN TREES

48

(44)

TAKING CUTTINGS

50

(3)

SOWING SEEDS

53

(3)

GRAFTING AND BUDDING

56

(8)

LAYERING

64

(1)

PALMS

65

(3)

CYCADS

68

(2)

CONIFERS

70

(4)

A-Z OF GARDEN TREES

74

(18)

SHRUBS AND CLIMBING PLANTS

92

(54)

TAKING CUTTINGS

94

(7)

DIVISION

101

(1)

SOWING SEEDS

102

(3)

LAYERING

105

(3)

GRAFTING

108

(2)

HEATHS AND HEATHERS

110

(2)

ROSES

112

(6)

A-Z OF SHRUBS AND CLIMBING PLANTS

118

(28)

PERENNIALS

146

(68)

DIVISION

148

(3)

SOWING SEEDS

151

(3)

TAKING CUTTINGS

154

(5)

FERNS

159

(5)

ALPINE PLANTS

164

(4)

WATER GARDEN PLANTS

168

(4)

BROMELIADS

172

(3)

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

175

(3)

ORCHIDS

178

(8)

A-Z OF PERENNIALS

186

(28)

ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS

214

(16)

SOWING SEEDS

216

(4)

A-Z OF ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS

220

(10)

CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS

230

(22)

SOWING SEEDS

232

(2)

DIVISION

234

(2)

TAKING CUTTINGS

236

(3)

GRAFTING

239

(3)

A-Z OF CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS

242

(10)

BULBOUS PLANTS

252

(28)

DIVISION

254

(2)

SOWING SEEDS

256

(2)

SCALING AND CHIPPING

258

(2)

A-Z OF BULBOUS PLANTS

260

(20)

VEGETABLES

280

(30)

SOWING SEEDS

282

(5)

CULINARY HERBS

287

(5)

A-Z OF VEGETABLES

292

(18)

GLOSSARY

310

(1)

INDEX

311

(9)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

320

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American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation

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