BY CUTTINGS OF IMMATURE GROWTHS. 



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to become entirely empty. By setting the cuttjngs close 

 tpjhe rini of thejn&j^e pot, a belTglas^I^a^be used ^or 

 covering the cuttings, thereby insuring a close, moist at- 

 mospnere, and preventing^tooji'apid^evaporation of the 

 juices Q the cuttings through their leaves* By employ- 

 ing larger pots and filling them about half full of sand, 

 the cuttings may be covered with a large pane of window 

 glass, laid lint on the top of the pot. Boxes six to eight 

 inches in depth may be employed in a similar manner, 

 and often with excellent results, for cuttings of Gerani- 

 ums, Coleuses, Fuschias, and other kinds of plants that 

 are readily propagated from green cuttings. With giants 

 that are not GO easily propagated, 

 a similar arrang&nient oT^ke^po-ts 

 may be employed, and the space 

 betw^een the twc^filledj^itli moss, 

 tan, CT*e'VUU"l38i.nd, and the center 

 one al^~ffled. wj^hsand, pHJctng 



arQundij^jasP^ ar- 



rangemenVemploying two bell 

 glasses, as shown in figure 63 

 the larger bell glp,ss ; #,jt 

 or smaller one ; c, cutjiing ; ^ sa 

 iwtlieinner pot ; ^e^lfed^sp^ 



bew5Cn*theJjS^s ; ^JSe^ou-ter, or largeiyx>j;. With this 

 deviceVan^^r^perattexBtion for securin^a tenvperature of 

 seventy to eighty degrees Fahrenheit, cuttings of many 

 kinds of plants usually considered quite difficult to propa- 

 gate, may be forced to produce roots in a few days or 

 weeks. , 



Many other devices are employed in propagating plants 

 from green cuttings, but the principles governing the 

 operation are the same in all, and while the propagator's 

 ingenuity or fancy may lead him to vary the mode of 

 doing a thing, he seeks only the rapid production of roots. 



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. 63. DOUBLE BELL 

 GLASS FOR CUTTINGS. 



