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Chinese Mode of Layering. 
Cuttings differ from layers in being removed without roots from 
the parent tree; and as the current of the ascendmg sap is stopped 
at once by this separation, they general’y require s] ading, which 
layers do not; and also, occasionally, what gardeners call bottom 
heat, to in !vce them to throw out roots. The branches most suit- 
apnle for making cuttings are those which grow nearest to the ground, 
especially those which recline on it,as they have always the greatest 
