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It appears that carnation cuttings soaked in copper sulphate 

 even in as weak solutions as 1-2000 were very much injured. 



Common salt. — April 25, 1895, cuttings were selected at ran- 

 dom from rusty plants of the variety Uncle John, and divided 

 into five lots, one of which was used as a check and the other 

 four soaked in salt solutions with the following results: 



'Thl.s check was used also for the second experiment yi\,t\f ]pota?si«m stilphide solution. 



