Propagation by Cuttings. 



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are kept for a time in a light, cool place, as a cool 

 greenhouse, until the growing points of the roots have 

 formed, after which they are removed to a 

 warmer location. 



372. Planting Cuttings in Autumn. Stem 

 cuttings of the currant and other hardy plants, 

 and root cuttings (376) of the blackberry, are 

 sometimes made as soon as the wood is mature 

 in autumn, and planted at once in well-drained 

 loamy or sandy soil in the open ground. 

 Cuttings thus treated often commence to 

 form roots before winter. They should be 

 covered with a little earth and mulched 

 with some coarse litter on the approach of 

 freezing weather, and should 

 be shaded for a time after 

 >the opening of spring (Fig. 

 64). 



373. Cuttings from Dor- 

 mant Stems (stem cuttings) 

 usually form roots more 

 promptly if the proximal 

 end is cut off shortly below 

 a node (115). (See Figs. 97, 

 98 and 99). In certain 

 plants, as many of the eoni- 

 FIG. 97. FIG. 98. FIG. 99. f e rs, cuttings root more 



FIG. 97. Stem cutting of cur- 



rant. promptly when cut with a 



FIG. 98. Stem cutting of F * J 



grape. (Both after Bailey.) heel, 1. 6., With a Small por- 

 FIG. 99. Currant cutting . ,, , 



rooted. tion of the wood oi the pre- 



vious year at the base. The very short internodes at 



