70 PROPAGATION BY DIVISION. [CHAP. IV. 



injured by moisture, such as heaths, &c, are 

 struck in pots filled entirely with sand ; or, at 

 any rate, with sand about an inch or two inches 

 deep, at the top of the pot, to keep the stem 

 dry, and to prevent it from rotting. Charcoal 

 powdered may be used with great advantage 

 instead of sand. The cutting, when prepared, 

 should be buried to about the second joint, and 

 two or three joints with leaves should be left 

 above the soil. A few leaves to elaborate the 

 sap, in the case of herbaceous plants or ever- 

 green trees and shrubs, are essential ; for I have 

 known very promising cuttings of petunias, 



Fig. 8. lady's gauntlet of strong leather. 



which had been some weeks in the ground, and 

 which had thrown out abundance of roots, 

 entirely destroyed by some snails having eaten 

 all the leaves ; and I am told that the case is 



