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edge of facts of this nature. If it has never hap- 

 pened to you to stick any, or to see any stuck, 

 I will inform you that a slip is a part of a plant 

 detached from the mother plant and put in the 

 earth, in the hope that it will be able to take 

 root there. 



What is necessary to make a slip take root ? 

 It is necessary for it to live long enough on its 

 own vital energy for young roots to form, and 

 to draw nourishment from the soil. When the 

 tissue of the plant is soft, and contains a good 

 deal of water, and when the branch that is de- 

 tached to serve as a slip remains exposed to the 

 air, the slip w r ill not take root ; it dries too rap- 

 idly ; the operation fails. On the contrary, roots 

 always form when, by the exclusion of the ex- 

 ternal air, evaporation is abated ; whilst, at the 

 same time, the lower part of the slip is in a 

 medium kept constantly moist, which solicits its 

 taking root. 



Slips in the Cold Portable Greenhouse. 

 Already, from what I have said, ladies, you 

 have a glimpse of the utility that your cold 



