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appearance of figure 3, which represents a box containing 

 three hundred cuttings of sixteen different varieties, as will 

 bo noticed by the labels. The box being now filled with 



cuttings, a 

 frame cover- 

 ed with glass 

 is required 

 inside of the 

 greenhouse. 



This frame 

 is not intend- 

 ed, as many 

 would sup- 

 Fig. 3. Box of Cuttings. pose, to keep 

 them close or partly air-tight, but merely to keep the 

 young cuttings from flagging or wilting, or, in other words, 

 to keep the leaves and cuttings erect. If they are allowed 

 to flag during the first few days, the chances of success are 

 poor. At no time must the sash be kept close down on 

 the frame. The first day that the boxes with the cuttings 

 are put in the frame, keep the sash raised about half an 

 inch or more. If kept too close they scald and the foliage 

 turns black. The cuttings will never recover. In propa- 

 gating always bear in mind that the cuttings at this time 

 are without roots, and have nothing to support or nourish 

 the young shoots. The sand which is intended to heal the 

 the wound causes a callous, and from this the roots will 

 form, but not without the instructions already given. 

 Watch the cuttings closely at this time and success will 

 surely crown your efforts. 

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