SUMMER TREATMENT. 51 



In July, and when done flowering, cuttings may 

 be taken off all those plants admitting of this mode 

 of propagation. They may be placed any where in 

 the shade, under hand glasses or in a frame; in a 

 very slight hot-bed some strike quicker ; but attention 

 is requisite to shade them during the day, when the 

 sun is powerful. Those species which flower early 

 soon ripen their seeds, which should be preserved, if 

 it is intended to propagate them by this means. 



