CHAPTER V. 



LENGTH AND SIZE OF CUTTINGS. ENGRAVING SHOWING 



CUTTING FIVE EYES LONG ; ALSO, ENGRAVING SHOW- 

 ING CUTTING TWO EYES LONG. THE BEST CUTTING 



FOR AMATEURS AND THOSE OF LIMITED EXPERIENCE 

 TO ADOPT. 



THE house sand-bed or box being ready to accommo- 

 date the cuttings, a question of great importance is to 



be considered, 

 which will be 

 the best length 

 of cutting to 

 use ? Having 

 wood for cut- 

 tings in great 

 abundance, I 

 can, without 

 any sacrifice, 

 cut branches 

 from four to 

 five eyes long. 

 (Fig. 5 repre- 

 sents a cutting 

 five eyes long.) 

 By using this length cutting, I have gained one year's 

 growth at the time of placing the cutting in the sand. 



It will take a cutting of two eyes one year to make 

 the extra three eyes. Fig. 3 represents a bed of five 



thousand alba plena five eyes long. 



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Fig. 5- 

 Cutting five eyes long. 



