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advisable, as any further propagation would probably weaken the 

 plants and the summer growth would be poor. 



How to Root the Cuttings. A suitable place in which to 

 root the cuttings is a close frame, hand light, or bell glass placed on 

 the greenhouse stage. Dibble the cuttings in pots filled with sandy 

 soil, placing four cuttings round the side of a 4-inch (large 60 size) 

 pot, or singly in the centre of a smaller size. If watered as soon as 



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inserted, and shaded from sunshine, the cuttings will root in about 

 ten days. Air is then gradually admitted, until finally the young 

 plants are ready for potting off singly, if rooted several together in a 

 pot. The plants rooted singly in small pots, may be moved on into 

 4-inch pots. When nicely rooted the plants are gradually hardened 

 off and transferred to a frame with the varieties raised from seeds, 

 the subsequent treatment being the same for both. During the 

 past summer we have raised a fair number of plants from 



