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into the sand. Insert the cuttings at proper intervals 

 in the neat trench thus prepared and tighten the sand 

 about them by gently tamping it with a brick or a 

 heavy wooden block (Fig. 20). Lay a thin board, of any 

 desired width, between the rows of cuttings, on the sand 

 with one edge against the preceding row, using the other 

 edge as a guide for the glass. Prepare other trenches 

 similarly. This insures a neat bed with level surface. 



FIG. 114 BRYOPHYLLUM LEAF 

 With young plants in notches of margin. 



188. Tomato cuttings grown experimentally out of doors have 

 given more, earlier but smaller fruits than seedlings; indoors 

 seedlings were decidedly superior. 



189. Keeping soft cuttings alive for long periods. G. W. 

 Oliver has successfully transported herbaceous cuttings from dis- 

 tant places as follows: A layer of cuttings is arranged, upper 

 leaf surface down, without crowding, on a pane of glass and covered 



