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put down into the ground, they readily take root at almost any 

 season. This is very much the case with the first sort, as almost 

 every joint furnishes plants in the course of the summer ready to be 

 put out in the autumn. 



The cuttings may be made from the stalks and branches, and be 

 planted in shady borders in the autumn or early spring, where they 

 will become well rooted by the following autumn. 



All the sorts succeed in this way. 



In the third sort the cuttings should be made from the young 

 shoots and planted in pots, plunging them in a hot-bed or the bark- 

 bed, where they will become perfectly well rooted in the same year, 

 and may be potted off separately, being placed in the stove, and 

 shifted as may be necessary into large pots. 



This sort may likewise be raised from seed, which should be 

 sown in pots in the early spring filled with light rich earth, covering 

 them well in, and plunging the pots in the hot-bed, or the bark-bed 

 of the stove; and when the plants have a few inches growth, they 

 should be pricked out into separate pots, replunging them in a hot- 

 bed, giving proper shade and water, managing them afterwards as 

 the cuttings. 



The suckers may be taken off with root-fibres in the autumn or 

 spring, and planted where they are to grow. 



The two first sorts afford variety in the borders, clumps, &c. 

 while the last has a fine effect in stove collections. 



