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the small pot ; be particular that the bottom of the cuttings 

 comes in contact with the sides, for cuttings of every descrip- 

 tion will strike root more readily by the side than if planted 

 in the middle of the soil. When your cuttings are all in, 

 fill the small pot with water, which, if kept full, will suffi- 

 ciently feed the cuttings without watering in any other way, 

 and they will not be killed by too much moisture. In the 

 usual method of setting cuttings in the soil, and watering 

 them, they are very apt to be killed by over moisture ; but to 

 set them in the manner recommended, and covering them 

 with a bell glass, which should be taken off occasionally for 

 a short time, too great a degree of dampness would be pre- 

 vented, and your cuttings would generally thrive. It is re- 

 quisite in setting cuttings of any description to keep them 

 shaded from the sun ; and in the fall when they have 

 taken sufficient root, which can be ascertained by lifting the 

 small pot, they should be potted off into two inch pots, with 

 a rich sandy loam, and remain in them until the following 

 spring. 



Succulent plants being easier raised by cuttings, may bo 

 set in the following way : get a pot or box like the one 

 above recommended, and fill it with a composition of leaf 

 mould and sand, then gently water it; take a bell glass and 

 mark its size by pressing it on the soil, then set the cuttings 

 up to the middle joint, having previously prepared them tho 

 same as recommended for hard wooded cuttings, then gently 

 water the whole to settle the soil round them ; when the 

 leaves are dry put on the glass. Whenever you water cut- 

 tings, be sure and never cover them while the leaves are 

 wet if you wish to succeed. When you find cuttings be- 

 gin to grow, then begin to admit air to harden them. In 



