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the previous season's growth; the tip end 

 should be cut off so as to leave them from 

 eight to fourteen inches long. When planted, 

 from two-thirds to three-fourths of their length 

 should be under ground, and the soil should 

 be pressed hard about the lower end. Mulch- 

 ing, or covering the ground with straw so as 

 nearly to hide them from sight, is an excellent 

 mode of assisting nature in this work. Plant- 

 ing also in a shady place answers a similar 

 purpose. 



When it is desirable that the cutting should 

 make a tree-like growth without throwing 

 up suckers, all the eyes in the part put below 

 the surface of the ground should be cut out. 



Bud-cuttings, or those containing but a sin- 

 gle eye or bud, should be planted abaut an 

 inch deep in the ground at the same time with 

 twig-cuttings. The Chinese Multicaulis and 

 some varieties of foreign Grapes are raised in 

 this way. In propagating by cuttings, the 

 chances of success are greatly increased by 

 the application of underground heat. This 

 mode is much practiced with plant cuttings 

 in green-houses. 



It should be understood, however, that a 

 strict compliance with these rules is not 



