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pine leaves will prevent damage from frost. Further 

 north the cuttings should be tied in bundles and buried 

 well in the ground and earth piled over them. In the 

 spring, set them in rows for rooting. In the South, all the 



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hardy hybrid perpetual roses can be grown in -this way, 

 and in any section the cuttings of most of the spring 

 flowering shrubs will grow in the same manner. The 

 Japanese quince, which makes such a show of its scarlet 

 flowers in early spring, can be best grown from cuttings 

 about three inches long made of the roots and planted in 

 rows in the fall. 



Many of our ornamental evergreen trees, such as the 

 arbor vitae, can be grown in the spring from seeds sowed in 



