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greenhouse and wish to root cuttings of geraniums, roses, 

 and other plants may do so in the following way. Take a 

 shallow pan, an old-fashioned milk pan for instance, fill it 

 nearly full of clean sand, and then wet the sand thoroughly. 

 Now stick the cuttings thickly into this wet sand and set 

 the pan in a warm sunny window, and always keep it in the 



FIG. 233. REPOTTING 



same water-soaked condition. Most cuttings will root well 

 in a few weeks and may then be set into small flowerpots. 

 Cuttings of tea roses should have two or three joints and 

 be taken from a stem that has just made a flower. Allow 

 one of the rose leaves to remain at the top of the cutting. 

 Stick this cutting into the sand and it will root in about 

 four weeks. Cuttings of Cape jessamine may be rooted 



