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  twigs 
  and 
  send 
  them 
  to 
  me, 
  packed 
  as 
  those 
  were 
  last 
  year. 
  The 
  cutting 
  

   is 
  preferably 
  made 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  ring. 
  I 
  would 
  prefer 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  

   wood 
  from 
  the 
  ring 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  twig 
  be 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  summer's 
  

   growth. 
  We 
  can 
  try, 
  however, 
  twigs 
  containing 
  two 
  seasons' 
  growth, 
  

   if 
  the 
  others 
  are 
  not 
  easily 
  available." 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  suggestion, 
  you 
  see. 
  of 
  apparent 
  value, 
  

   because 
  it 
  has 
  succeeded 
  with 
  blueberries, 
  — 
  this 
  method 
  of 
  cutting 
  off 
  

   a 
  ring 
  of 
  bark 
  before 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  shed, 
  allowing 
  a 
  ring 
  to 
  callous, 
  

   then 
  later 
  cutting 
  off 
  this 
  prepared 
  twig 
  and 
  subjecting 
  it 
  to 
  methods 
  

   for 
  striking 
  roots. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  extremely 
  interesting 
  suggestion. 
  Just 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  I 
  heard 
  of 
  this 
  procedure, 
  I 
  went 
  out 
  and 
  prepared 
  about 
  fifty 
  

   hickory 
  and 
  walnut 
  twigs 
  myself, 
  but 
  that 
  was 
  this 
  autumn, 
  and 
  I 
  

   haven't 
  cut 
  them 
  yet 
  for 
  the 
  experiments 
  in 
  rooting. 
  Has 
  anyone 
  had 
  

   experience 
  along 
  this 
  line? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Collins: 
  I 
  saw 
  an 
  experiment 
  in 
  rooting, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  prompted 
  

   to 
  ask 
  if 
  anything 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  along 
  this 
  particular 
  line. 
  The 
  method 
  

   employed 
  was 
  this. 
  The 
  twig 
  was 
  partially 
  cut 
  from 
  the 
  branch, 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  cut 
  three-ciuarters 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  through 
  with 
  a 
  slanting 
  cut. 
  It 
  was 
  

   then 
  bent 
  a 
  little, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  sphagnum 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  cut. 
  then 
  a 
  ball 
  of 
  

   sphagnum 
  was 
  wrapped 
  about 
  the 
  whole 
  cut 
  area, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  tied 
  with 
  

   twine, 
  and 
  that 
  was 
  kept 
  wet 
  for 
  several 
  months, 
  I 
  think, 
  until, 
  finally, 
  

   new 
  roots 
  pushed 
  through 
  and 
  appeared 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  this 
  ball 
  of 
  

   sphagnum. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  I 
  read 
  of 
  that. 
  It 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  a 
  govern- 
  

   ment 
  report. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Collins 
  : 
  It 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  rubber 
  plant. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  tried 
  it 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  on 
  the 
  hickory. 
  The 
  diffi- 
  

   culty 
  was 
  in 
  getting 
  my 
  men 
  sufficiently 
  interested 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  sphag- 
  

   num 
  wet 
  all 
  the 
  time. 
  It 
  promised 
  something. 
  The 
  rubber 
  plants, 
  per- 
  

   haps, 
  would 
  lend 
  themselves 
  more 
  readily 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  procedure 
  than 
  the 
  

   hickories, 
  because 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  rubber 
  plants 
  are 
  air 
  plants, 
  anyway. 
  

   All 
  of 
  the 
  Fictis 
  family 
  depend 
  so 
  little 
  upon 
  the 
  ground 
  for 
  their 
  

   nourishment. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Collins 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  that 
  worked 
  very 
  successfully. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake: 
  You 
  don't 
  know 
  how 
  successful 
  the 
  callousing 
  has 
  

   been 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  They 
  calloused 
  all 
  right. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  How 
  long 
  did 
  it 
  require 
  ? 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  I 
  don't 
  remember. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  good 
  while, 
  longer 
  

   than 
  I 
  anticipated. 
  I 
  don't 
  think 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  callus 
  on 
  the 
  hickory 
  in 
  

   less 
  than 
  thirty 
  days. 
  The 
  butternut 
  and 
  black 
  walnut 
  hardly 
  showed 
  

   any 
  callus 
  at 
  all 
  after 
  keeping 
  the 
  sphagnum 
  wet 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  my 
  men 
  

   would 
  do 
  it. 
  

  

  