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cut ends fit, so that the inner bark shall match at least 
on one side and at the end of the cutting. 
These grafted cuttings may be quickly dibbled in, 
making a hole deep enough to receive the whole length 
except a bud or two above the surface. Holding the 
cutting in the hole at the right depth with the left 
hand, push the earth firmly against the cutting with the 
dibble, as you would in planting a cabbage. For lack of 
such firming the earth there are many failures. 
The fall, after the leaves have dropped, is generally 
preferred for taking the cnttings ; but they may be taken 
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much later. I have had some cuttings grow in the open 
air, which were made in May, after the trees were growing. 
Root Cuttings a foot or so long are best prepared be- 
fore the buds swell in spring. I have trees from pieces 
of roots cut off by the plow as late as June. Plant at an 
angle of about forty-five degrees, or as near as you can to 
their natural position. 
4, PROPAGATION BY GRAFTING is successful where the. 
inner barks of both stock and cion are made to fit to- 
gether. A union forms most readily between varieties 
of the same species ; next between species of the same 
genus, and is limited by genera of the same natural order. 
By this law one variety of quince will do best grafted on 
