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nicely. This method is by no means as 

 sure as the other, and by it one loses a 

 larger percentage of the cuttings. Still, I 

 often employ it, for it is no trouble at all, 

 and is an easy way of increasing certain 

 shrubs which root easily from cuttings, but 

 do not send out shoots from their own 

 roots which one can cut off and transplant. 

 There is, of course, a great difference in 

 the rooting capacities of different shrubs. 

 Some root very easily, while others take a 

 long time, or decline to do it altogether. 

 Again, some will root if taken at the right 

 season but not at other times of the year, 

 while others are willing to respond at 

 almost any time. I did not trouble myself 

 much about keeping to instructions on this 

 point, but brought home everything I 

 found, and stuck it into the ever ready pan, 

 and as fast as any slip withered at the top, 

 '72 



