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variety of plants that will root from green wood than in any 

 other wa3^ But the cutting must be placed under glass where 

 the evaporation of the leaves can be stopped until the leaves are 

 formed. As a general thing the easiest way is to grow plants 

 from cuttings of the hard, dr}^ wood. We know that the circu- 

 lation of the sap, in deciduous plants, does not cease when the 

 leaves drop off. The proper time to make these cuttings is, as 

 soon as the leaves drop off in the fall, or as soon as they can be 

 pulled off without injury to the adjacent buds. We make the 

 cutting near the bud, in order that the descending sap, passing 

 down the plant to form the last layer of wood for the season, may 

 exude from the wound we have made and throw out roots. The 

 iBrst plant which is ready, is generall}- the currant. We cut them 

 in lengths of six or eight inches, and plant them in ground pre- 

 pared for them, by being dug deep and made moderately rich. 

 The ground should be sandy, or porous in its nature. We set 

 out the cuttings about two inches apart and pack the soil about 

 the base of the plant verj'^ firmly. The cuttings may be made in 

 September; and as roots will grow after the weather is too cold 

 for foliage, roots v^'ill be formed upon these cuttings ready to 

 feed the plant when the circulation begins in the spring. If the 

 cuttings are not made until spring, the alburnum becomes har- 

 dened during the winter, and the cutting must be placed where 

 that can be softened again before roots can be formed. Almost 

 all domestic shrubbery may be grown in the same way. But 

 there is a difference in the mode of throwing out roots; for while 

 one plant will throw out roots all along the stem, others will only 

 throw them out from the freshly cut surface. The latter requires 

 special care in packing the earth closely against the end of the 

 stem. Quince cuttings may be taken from the one, two or three 

 years old wood. The two years old wood will generally grow the 

 best. If not to be set out in the fall, when cut, they may be 

 placed in the cellar, or heeled in, in rows, so that the earth shall 

 come in contact with every part of the bark. The rose is grown 

 in the same way; but as it only forms roots at the base, it is 

 necessary that the cutting sliould be taken off at a bud, cut 

 smooth and square, and that that end should be protected by 

 being placed in contact with the earth. It is not necessary that 

 the stem should be buried in this case. It is generall}^ necessary 

 to wait until quite late before the frost will enable you to strip 

 off the leaves from the rose in order to make your cuttings. It is 



