PROPAGATION BY CUTTINGS. 



149 



which will percolate the soil at every shower and furnish 

 nutriment in solution to the roots. I have found this to 

 answer well in some seasons, while in others a innu,s 

 (Mushroom) would spread through the maimre, and when 

 it came in qojitat^\yjih the young growth on the Qutting 

 it was very likej^tojjestroy it. This, however, can be 

 prevented by frequently stirring the manure, and I may 

 remark that frequent stirring the surface soil is almost 

 equal to mulching for keeping the cutting-bed moist. 

 In some soils, and in hot and dry cljjnateg, 

 coverjnj^^j$u^e^ coarse 



hay, straw, spent ta^bark or spent hops from 

 the breweries, and other similar materials, 

 will be of great service in keepin^the soil 

 moisjt and of an equable temperature. 



MA^JTG CUTTINGS. Nearly all plants_emjt 

 roots mo^rre^dily at or neajHjheir bujis joj: 

 joints than elsewhere ; therefore, 

 in making Quttings, it isalways 

 well to sever them ji^st bejg^a., 

 Iju^orjjuds, ^s^shown in~TIgure 



a point from which roots appear 

 to be produced most freely. It is 

 true that some kinds of plants, 

 like the Willow, Catalpa, and the 

 common Quince, emit roots very 

 readily from every part of the 

 Fig. 49. stem, and with these it is not 



CUTTING UT> , . l . . _ , , Flff. 50. 



jTiTBEj#w necessary that they should be cut CUTTING OF 

 T %3^ 8 - o^bej^w^^. With some 6T HOLLOWSTEM - 

 the hollow stemined plants, or those having a large pith, 

 Jike the Supir Cane and Bamboos among the large grasses, 

 orThe Mo^F0fange,Syringa (PMladelplms) , and Deutzias 

 among shrubs, the orifice is usually entirely (^psed^jar 

 as shown in figurj3j>0 ; or opposite 



