Excerpt from The Propagation of Plants: Giving the Principles Which Govern the Development and Growth of Plants, Their Botanical Affinities and Peculiar Properties; Also, Descriptions of the Process by Which Varieties and Species Are Crossed or Hybridized, and the Many Different Methods by Whic Horticulture as a science is as yet in its infancy, and while we know something of the botanical relationships of plants as exhibited in the floral organs and various other appendages and parts, there is yet much to be learned of their chemical and mechanical affinities. In the hybridizing and crossing of species and varieties, and, perhaps, the intermingling of genera, there is a wide field open for investigation and experiment, from which very valuable and important results may confidently be expected; and while I have devoted only a limited space to this subject, enough has probably been said to show the way in which operations should be performed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.