1. Ordinary cutting- of 

 the previous season's 

 wood. Cross line showing 

 the depth it should be 



Eye cutting planted 

 horizontally. 



Eye cutting planted 

 vertically. 



2. Cutting with a heel 

 or small portion of two 

 year old wood attached. 



3. Mallet cutting with 

 a solid piece of two year 

 old wood attached. 



Eye-cuttings. This is a method of propa- 

 gation adopted with some fruit-bearing plants, 

 and more especially the Grape. It is service- 

 able for increasing choice or scarce varieties 

 of Grapes quickly, as plants may be obtained 

 from every bud ; but for ordinary purposes 

 the method offers no particular advantages. 

 When this mode of propagation is practised, 

 plutop well-formed buds should be selected, 

 with about a couple of inches of the wood 

 below and half-an-inch above the eye at- 

 tached. These eye-cuttings should be either 

 planted horizontally in sand or light soil, 

 about two inches below the surface, pressing 

 the earth rather firmly about them ; or they 

 may be placed vertically with the eye a 

 little below surface level. The best time 

 for planting is just as growth is commencing 

 in the spring, and rooting will be facilitated 

 if the cuttings can be placed in a hotbed, 

 which will supply a steady bottom heat. 



f Root-cuttings. Some kinds of frnit trees and shrubs can be readily 

 propagated, by pieces of the roots, and this mode of increasing stocks 

 is often serviceable. For the purpose, fleshy pieces of the roots must 

 be taken from 2 to 4 inches in length, and in early spring these 

 should be planted about an inch below the surface in sand or light 

 soil. If placed in a hotbed, with a steady bottom heat, these root- 

 cuttings will strike more readily than in the open ground. This mode 



