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hot bed in the months of July and August, when our 
thermometer registers 90° in the shade, but it is never- 
theless true, for the object aimed at is a good bottom heat 
at the base of the cuttings, with the lowest possible tem- 
perature at the top. After the bed is first made it will 
become very warm, but the cuttings must not be put in 
until the temperature has fallen to about 70°. They need 
the same care as to sprinkling as given for Winter propa- 
gation, and much more caution as to ventilation. The 
leaves should have a slight sprinkling with the syringe 
at least three times a day, never giving enough to keep 
the sand too wet, only just te moisten the foliage. At 
the same time a proper degree of moisture must always 
be maintained in the sand, and never allowed to become 
dry. The selection of cuttings, the potting and all sub- 
sequent operations, will be the same as directed for Win- 
ter propagation. By either of these two methods, Win- 
ter and Summer propagation, more than: three-fourths 
of the Roses that swell Uncle Sam/’s mail bags in Spring, 
and glut the express company’s offices for nearly one- 
half the year, are grown, but to small growers not directly 
in the flerist business, either of the above systems might 
not be practicable, and in the Southern States they can 
be rooted with great success in the open ground or in 
cold frames, during the Winter months. 
PROPAGATION IN THE SOUTH. 
For this purposezipened or hard wood may be selected 
and the operation performed at any time from October 
to January. The cuttings in this case are usually made 
larger, generally with three or four eyes, after the wood 
is ripened enough to show the development ef the buds 
in the axils of the leaf. The method most successfully 
practiced is to place the cuttings in a cold frame as before 
