Show propagating plants by layering 7 4 F two common forms of layering certain may or multiplied by covering part of the plant alth soli soil this process Is known as and is a very simple way to propagate many common bush fruit plants anil and shrubs gooseberries Goose berries currants raspberries rasp berries grapes rambler roses lilacs japa japanese bese barberry and privet hedge ire are a few of the common plants easily propagated in this manner I 1 there are arc two general types of is as shown in the illustration says the prairie farmer the ali first st Is known as tip layering and is the type used with raspberries rasp berries grapes and rambler roses all that Is necessary Is to cover the tip of one or several brandies branches of the growing plant with moist soil that part of the branch which Is covered with mth soil will take root and when rooted it can bo be severed from the parent plant and transplanted as a new plant all work of layering should be done in the spring after growth starts and the secret of success lies in keeping the soil moist over the covered part if it dries out the burled buried tip will not root plants which are layered this spring will be ready to transplant next or in the me spring or of be sure the tip is thoroughly rooted before severing it from the parent plant it will be well to wait until fall to sever new plants which grow from layers made the spring before the other type Is known hs ag mound layering and aid consists merely of throwing or mounding bounding moun ding up soil about the base of a growing plant in this case too it Is necessary to keep the mounded up soil from drying out this type Is most successful stul on ries currants lilacs japanese barberry ad privet the mounding bounding moun ding Is done in spring or enily early summer and by fall those branches which were covered with soil will have rooted in the fall or next spring the soil can be removed carefully and the plant dug and divided into ns many new plants as there are branches or stems which bear roots on black raspberry bushes some of the tips hove have touched the ground and t taken aken root without having been burled I 1 this Is a natural example of tip layering run out now and see if you cannot find some natural tip layers among your black raspberry bushes |