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In the growing of all greenwood Cuttings, it is well to 

 remember that they should have a gentle bottom heat ; the 

 soil should be such that it will hold moisture and yet not 

 remain wet ; the air about the tops should not become close 

 and stagnant, else the plants will damp off ; and the tops 

 should be shaded for a time. 



An excellent method of starting Cuttings 

 in the living room is to make a double pot, 

 as shown in the picture. Inside a 6-inch pot, 

 set a 4-inch pot. Fill the bottom, a, with 

 gravel or bits of brick, for drainage. Plug the 

 hole in the inside pot. Fill the spaces between, 

 c, with earth, and in this set the Cuttings. 

 Water may be poured into the inner pot, 6, to Cuttings inserted in 

 supply the moisture. double pot 



Cutworms. Probably the remedy for Cut- 

 worms most often practiced in gardens, and which cannot 

 fail to be effective when faithfully carried out, is hand- 

 picking with lanterns at night or digging them out from around 

 the base of the infested plants during the day. Bushels of 

 Cutworms have been gathered in this way, and with profit. 

 When from some cause success does not attend the use of 

 the poisoned baits, discussed next, hand-picking is the only 

 other method yet recommended which can be relied upon to 

 check Cutworm depredations. 



By far the best methods yet devised for killing Cutworms in 

 any situation are the poisoned baits ; hand-picking is usually 

 unnecessary where they are thoroughly used. Poisoned 

 bunches of clover or weeds have been thoroughly tested, 

 even by the wagon-load, over large areas, and nearly 

 all have reported them very effective ; lamb's quarters 

 (pigweed), pepper- grass and mullein are among the weeds 

 especially attractive to Cutworms. On small areas the 

 making of the baits is done by hand, but they ha-ve been 

 prepared on a large scale by spraying the plants in the 

 field, cutting them with a scythe or machine, and pitching 



