| Title: | Layer, to (vinestocks); layered branches |
| Original Title: | Provigner, Provins |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 13 (1765), p. 518 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Layer, to (vinestocks); layered branches." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.315>. Trans. of "Provigner, Provins," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 13. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Layer, to (vinestocks); layered branches." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.315 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Provigner, Provins," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 13:518 (Paris, 1765). |
To layer (vinestocks); layered branches, to lay out tree branches or vinestocks in the soil in order to induce root formation and propagate plants: it means the same as ‘marcotterR. [1]
A layered vinestock should have at least three buds.
When the branch which is to be layered is too strong, it is pegged down with wooden forks.
In order to layer a branch from an orange or some other boxed tree, a longish branch is selected in mid-March. A piece of bark of one finger’s length is slit from the lower part of the branch and the wound covered with a piece of leather tied with osier rope. The branch is then passed through the hole of a pot filled with good soil, which is slightly moistened and raised to the height of the branch which is to be layered. The following October, the layer is cut close to the hole. The young tree is then removed from the pot and planted in a small box filled with prepared earth. Once it has been brought out from the orangery for the first time, it is placed in the shade for fifteen days, following which it is exposed to the midday sun and watered frequently in hot weather. This method of layering and severing layers is commonly applied to trees. [2]
Notes
1. See article Layer.
2. This form of layering is known as air layering or marcottage.