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over all a jrood coveriii": of niaiiuie or leaves to keep them from 

 freezing too hard in the sprinjr. They can be planted out in 

 jiursery rows or frames. If in frames, the rows need not he 

 more than eight or ten inches apart, and the cuttings three or 

 four inches apart in the rows ; if in nurseries, the rows may he 

 three feet apart if to be worked by horse-power, less if other- 

 wise. The soil should be deep and good, and if heavy or wet 

 well drained. Plant the cuttings to within one or two eyes of 

 the toj), and if the weather is dry they will require watering 

 several times until well rooted. Keep them well cultivated and 

 most of them will be good plants by fall, and at the end of the 

 second year tit to plant permanently. Where cuttings are 

 healed in inverted, as 1 have spoken of, they callous much quicker 

 and the tops are not so liable to start into growth so quickly 

 as they would otherwise, thus giving the cutting great advan- 

 tage over the one which is planted at once in the proper place 

 without this treatment. 



In the orowino; of soft-wood cuttings a greenhouse or frames 



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are necessary. They can be grown in boxes, pots or on a solid 

 l)ench. I prefer boxes thiee to four inches deep, and well 

 drained ; they are much handier than having the cuttings in the 

 solid bed, as they can be moved to different positions if needed. 

 Also if necessary they ctm be transferred to frames as soon as 

 rooted, to harden them up without disturbing them. The soft 

 cuttings will need much more attention and care than the hard 

 ones will, but in many cases I think they pay the best. 



The time for putting in soft-wood cuttings is from the first of 

 June until the last of Sej)tember, the sooner after the first of 

 June the better, as the weather is not so hot then, and the early 

 rooted plants in many cases can be planted out in frames and 

 make good strong plants before frost. Make the cuttings 

 two to three inches long. Lath screens are needed for 

 the outside shade, on inside white cotton cloth. The 

 cuttings should never be allowed to wilt, and when collect- 

 ing them it is always well to have the watering-can with 

 you. Put in cuttings from one to two inches apart, according 

 to their sizes. Give a good watering to settle the sand, and 



