Author’s foreword
GETTING STARTED
Philosophy of raising plants
Plants for easy propagation
Equipment and materials
SEEDS
Increasing plants from seeds
Plants to increase from seeds
Hardy annuals in borders
Biennials and herbaceous perennials
Sowing vegetable seeds
Sowing seeds in a greenhouse
CUTTINGS
Softwood cuttings
Half-ripe and hardwood cuttings
Root cuttings
Leaf-bud cuttings
Stem and leaf-petiole cuttings
Leaf cuttings
Cane cuttings
Cacti and other succulents
DIVISION AND LAYERING
Dividing herbaceous perennials
Dividing houseplants
Bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes
Layering shrubs, trees and climbers
Layering houseplants
Air-layering houseplants
Runners and plantlets
BUDDING AND GRAFTING
Increasing roses
Whip-and-tongue and saddle grafting
Grafting to rejuvenate fruit trees
A–Z OF PROPAGATING PLANTS
Common names index
How to propagate plants
Glossary
Index
