182 AUTUMNAL CUTTINGS. 



its appearance in print : it originated here, and 

 may be of interest to many cultivators, for its 

 success is certain. 



About the middle to the end of September 

 prepare your cuttings as follows : take shoots of 

 roses full of life, and vigorous, with say five 

 leaves, remove three of these, and leave two, cut- 

 ting off the lower part of the cutting near the 

 bud with a sharp knife ; then take pots four or 

 five inches in diameter, and fill them to one-fourth 

 their depth with decayed (a year old) cocoa-nut 

 fibre, then place five or six cuttings round the 

 inside of the pot, resting on it the lower ends, 

 thrust through the fibre at the bottom of the pot, 

 then fill up the pot with the same kind of fibre,, 

 and press it well down ; a piece or two of broken 

 pot should be at the bottom of each pot for 

 drainage : their after management is of great 

 consequence, for on that depends success or the 

 contrary ; nothing can be more simple ; place 

 the pots of cuttings out of doors in full sunshine, 

 unless the autumn is particularly hot and dry, 

 they can then go in the shade for a week or so ; 

 they may stand in this exposure till the end of 

 November, or even later if the autumn be mild ; 

 and if in October the weather be dry and sunny, 

 they should be sprinkled with water morning and 

 afternoon, so as to keep the leaves fresh and 

 tolerably green, as those of pelargoniums should 

 be under this mode of propagation. At the end 



