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Artificial methods of propagation, especially 

 those of cuttage and layerage, have the further ad- 

 vantage over propagation by means of seeds, in the 

 perpetuation of desired characters of individual 

 plants, one or more of w^hich may appear in any 

 plantation. These, particularly if more productive 

 than the others, should alv^ays be utilized as stock, 

 not merely because their progeny artificially ob- 

 tained are likely to retain the character and thus 

 probably increase the yield of the plantation, but 

 principally because they may form the nucleus of a 

 choice strain. 



Except in the respects mentioned, these methods 

 of propagation are not notably superior to propaga- 



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tion by means of good seed, w^hich, by the w^ay, is 

 not overabundant. By the consumption of a little 

 extra time, any desired number of plants may be 

 obtained from seed. At any rate, seed is w^hat one 

 must start v^ith in nearly every case. 



TRANSPLANTING 



No more care is required in transplanting herbs 

 than in resetting other plants, but unless a few es- 

 sentials are realized in practice the results are sure 

 to be unsatisfactory. Of course, the ideal w^ay is to 

 grow the plants in small flower pots and when they 



