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shade during hot sunshine for the first week or ten days, when 

 you can gradually dispense with the inside shade, but will still 

 need the outside scieen in very hot weather. Damp down the 

 floor several times a day to keep the air moist. In growing 

 plants from root-cuttings the roots arc to he cut up in lengths 

 of from two to eight inches, according to the habit of the plant. 

 They can be tied in bundles, right end up, and laid in damp 

 sphagnum moss until they show signs of growth, or planted in 

 beds, boxes or pots of sandy soil. They need to be kept moist 

 but not too wet, until they have started ; they do not require 

 shading as soft cuttings, but need the same treatment as growing 

 plants. As soon as large enough they need transjjlanting and 

 care. Other shrubs, like some of the Roses, some Spirteas, 

 Lilacs and others have stolons, tubers or underground stems ; 

 these can be cut up and treated the same as root-cuttings. 



Many evergreens can l)e grown from cuttings, such as Thuya 

 retinosposa, Cedar, Junipers, Dwarf Spruce, Cephalotaxus and 

 Yews. It was not thought possible a few years ago to grow 

 Piceas from cuttings, but hy selecting the young sides growth 

 Picea Engelmanni and pungens can be grown from cuttings of 

 their own wood. The best cuttings of most conifers are the 

 ripened upgrowth of the last years taken off with a heal on it, 

 that is for the Spruces, Firs and Yews. The Junipers, Arbor- 

 viftes and Retinosporas take the small side branches. The best 

 time to take off cuttings of evergreens is in the fall and early 

 winter just before the hard frosts begin. While they will root 

 at other times, the more diflScult ones are best taken in the fall. 

 When first put in they need to be kept quite cool until they 

 callous, when more heat can be given them. The time of root- 

 ing varies with the si)ecies, many of the Arborvitffis and Retin- 

 osporas rooting in a few weeks and some of the Junipers in a 

 year or more. The cuttings should be put in well drained pots 

 or boxes, or in the case of a large establishment a whole bench 

 can be reserved for them. The cuttings in most cases should be 

 small, not more than a few inches in length. Evergreen cut- 

 tings are impatient of too much wet; nothing will rot them 

 (|uickcr. A temperature of 4") to 50 is high enough until they 



