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PRACTICAL PLANT PROPAGATION 



Fig. 88. A three-eye Rose cutting. The cut at the base has been made through an 



eye. One eye is placed in the sand. 



Fig. 89. A two-eye Rose cutting. The leaf area has been reduced and the cut 

 at the base is through an eye. 



Soft wood cuttings of outdoor Roses. Pot up such Roses as are needed 

 for propagation, using one- or two-year-old plants. Store away in 

 coldframes. About the holidays the plants should be brought into 

 the houses. When the growth is about to bloom, just when the buds 

 show color, the flowering stems may be cut into one- or two-eye cuttings. 

 These cuttings should then be placed in sand to root. Pot in two-inch 

 pots as soon as roots are a half inch long. The large potted plants will 

 furnish cutting material for the whole Winter and Spring. 

 N"h This method is used especially in propagating Teas, Hybrid Teas, 

 Hybrid Perpetuals, Climbers, Polyanthas and others not coming true 

 to seed. 



