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well developed. Take cuttings with two or 

 three leaf stalks, remove the lower one and 

 make a smooth cut, if possible just beneath 

 where the leaf stalk was removed ; with the 

 back of the knife knock off all thorns from 

 the wood and insert the cutting in your bed 

 of sand ; press around the cutting firmly, and 

 water thoroughly with tepid water. After 

 this process the cuttings should never be al- 

 lowed to get dry, the sand must be kept 

 moist by frequent syringing. If the tempera- 

 ture of the house is kept at from fifty to fifty- 

 five degrees at night and from sixty to 

 seventy during the day, the cuttings will be 

 well rooted in twenty-eight or thirty days 

 after the day they are put in. 



To know when they are in the right con- 

 dition to pot off : with a thin, flat stick, care- 

 fully pry a few out of the sand ; if they have 

 made roots one-half inch long, they can be 

 potted. The soil must be prepared by taking 

 three parts good loam, one part sand, one 

 part well-rotted cow-manure; these are to 

 be thoroughly mixed and placed in a warm 

 position. Use two-and-a-half-inch pots, press 

 about the cuttings firmly ; when potted place 

 near the glass. Do not water heavily for a 

 few days ; until they begin to grow freely a 

 light syringing, just enough to keep the 



