Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site zeus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!teklds!zeus!augustc From: augustc@zeus.UUCP (Augustine T. Chan) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Plant Propagation Message-ID: <471@zeus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 14:21:27 EST Article-I.D.: zeus.471 Posted: Tue Feb 26 14:21:27 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 04:48:23 EST Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 14 For anyone interested in propagating plants from seeds or cuttings, or by layering, grafting and budding, there is available an excellent reference -- HandBook on Propagation (Special printing of "Plants & Gardens" Vol. 13 No.2 #24) published by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Inc., 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225. I followed its instructions on camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons and had a 50% success rate on cuttings, 30% on air layerings, and 80% germination rate from camellia seeds. Not bad for a novice. Augustine Chan