CHAPTER XV. 



ENGRAVING SHOWING ALBA PLENA TWO YEARS OLD, 

 FROM FIVE-EYE CUTTING, WITHOUT FLOWER BUDS. 



FIGURE 16 represents a plant of alba plena two years 

 old in November. 



This cutting was made from 

 the five-eye system. 



If properly cared for, all the 

 plants should average this size 

 that are made from this system. 



This plant, when it was taken 

 from the sand-bed, had made a 

 growth of one or two inches. This 

 growth was only from one of the 

 top eyes ; the balance of the eyes 

 f remain dormant. 

 / The second year it makes a 

 growth of the two spreading shoots, 

 as will be seen in the engraving. 

 The average height of this plant 



Fig. 16. should be from six to eight inches. 



Alba plena, two years old, . . .. .. . . , , , c 



without buds, from a cut- The fall of this year rub both of 



ting of five eyes. the prom i ne nt wood buds off, to 



cause the plant to break again, so as to form a low bushy 

 plant for the fall of the third year. 



Plants of this age will be in a four-inch pot, with two 

 or three buds. 



The plant is now of a salable size, all averaging in 



height from ten to fifteen inches. 



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