UNROOTED AND ROOTED LITCHI CUTTINGS, NATURAL SIZE 



Figure 4. Cuttings should be from mature but not old wood 6 to 8 inches long. As soon as 

 cuttings are taken, immerse in water for 10 or 15 minutes. Tie the cuttings to 6-inch labels and 

 shove into the soil in 3-inch pots so that the end of the cutting just touches the surface of the soil 

 in the pot. The soil should be a mixture of clean, fine, black peat and white sand (three-fourths 

 peat and one-fourth sandj. Place the pots close together on the moss in the case. Keep the 

 cuttings moist and sweating at all times. In from two to three weeks callus and roots will form, 

 as shown in the illustration at the right. Photograph by E. L. Crandall. 



