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have been made they should be inserted before the 
leaves become limp and flag. Press the cuttings to 
the bottom of the holes and make the soil firm about 
them by means of the dibber. The lower leaves of 
the cuttings should just touch the surface sand. (See 
illustration). Water with a fine rosed can to settle 
the soil about the cuttings, and plunge the pots to 
the rims in a hot bed of sand or cocoanut fibre in the 
close case of a propagating pit or stove. 
Some advocate a bottom heat of 60° to 70° Fah., 
but 60° is quite sufficient even if the cuttings take 
aittic longer to, root: -- A top heat of 55° will 
suffice in this case. In bright weather use shading 
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TREE CARNATION CUTTINGS INSERTED IN A POT. 
and also sprinkle the foliage with the syringe to pre- 
event flagging. Roots will be produced in the course 
of a month, though some varieties will root in three 
weeks with the higher temperature. Others may 
take five or six weeks, dependent upon variety and 
the condition of the cuttings when inserted. For 
these reasons only cone variety should be dibbled 
into each pot, carefully labelling them to prevent 
mistakes. 
Seed Sowing. 
This method of propagation is adopted only with 
the object of raising new and improved varieties. 
Parents should be selected with some definite object 
