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must be kept perpetually moist, or the 

 delicate roots will die out and the slips per- 

 ish. Rose slips should be cut from 

 branches grown last year. Geraniums and 

 such plants, on the contrary, are better 

 taken from recent growth, where the slip 

 can be easily snapped off by bending. 



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