52 WINDOW OARDENING. 



enamel cloth. All cuttings strike root more quickly in sand than in loam, and if 

 the bottom of the joint touches the side of the pot or box, it hastens its growth. 



Bottom heat is quite as needful to propagate cuttings as seeds, and the heated 

 cases referred to in another chapter would give every amateur a desirable hot 

 bed at a slight outlay. To raise cuttings from a fresh or succulent branch, it is 

 needful to take one in a proper condition to secure success. 



Mr. Henderson says, that if a cutting bends, it will not grow easily, but if it 

 snaps oflf it is ready to make root, and become a vigorous plant. This test does 

 not always apply to woody stemmed plants like Myrtles, Sweet Verbenas, Daph- 

 nes, Roses and Azaleas, but their growth is usually finer if the wood is easily 

 broken. 



Whether the cuttings are of hard or succulent growth, they are similarly 

 planted, and they can be inserted all around the edge of a pot not over an inch 

 apart, and nearly as deep as the second eye. 



