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The cuttings are best planted in nursery beds in a 

 cool situation, where they may be easily watered occa- 

 sionally until they are well rooted. They may be planted 

 quite close in triple rows 15 c m. apart, and 10 c.m. from 

 one cutting to the next in the same row, leaving a space 

 of 20 to 25 c.m. between one group of rcws and the next 

 to facilitate cultivation. The cuttings are planted deeply, 

 leaving only one or two buds above the ground. The 

 practice of grafting the cuttings before planting, using 

 the whip-and-tongue graft, is said to promote an easier 

 formation of roots. In fact, the cuttings of V. Berlandieri 

 as a rule develop their buds very early, and the early 

 development of the buds exhausts the cutting before it 

 can draw nourishment from the soil by its own roots. 



There are now many forms of V. Berlandieri in 

 cultivation, but unfortunately the most vigorous and 

 therefore the most desirable as graft-beareis, are even 

 less easy to strike from cuttings than the weaker forms. 

 Among the best known forms are Berlandieri Resse*guier 

 No i, having shining elongated leaves with nearly 

 parallel sides, and particularly" B. Resseguier No, 2 with 

 shining rounded leaves. Other good forms of great 

 vigour are B. Mazade, B. Cristal, B. de Lafont, B Viala, 

 B. d'Angeac, B. Millardet, B. Daign6re, etc., but a good 

 seed-bed of V. Berlandieri is sure to furnish several 

 seedlings more vigorous than the rest, which could be 

 selected apart and propagated on a sufficient scale, if it 

 is found that they answer to the required standard as re- 

 gards their resistance to chlorosis and the ease with 

 which they can be propagated by cuttings. 



The best forms of V. Berlandieri for our soils and 

 climate are those having a very vigorous habit, with 

 thick canes, with large and thick leaves of almost fleshy 

 texture, of a dark, glossy, almost metallic green on the 

 upper surface, and of lighter shining green on the lower 

 surface, having but a few supple hairs along the midrib 



