PEOPAGATION BY CUTTINGS. 



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serted, not in the ground, but in the wood of another plant 

 to which it unites. The bud inserted under the bark of 

 another tree, and the one buried in the ground, differ only 

 in this, that one draws its support directly from the soil, 

 and the other indirectly, through the tree to which it 

 unites. 



Section 1. — Pkopagation by Cuttings. 



A cutting is a shoot, or part of a shoot, generally of one 

 season's growth. The length of the cutting varies from 

 a single eye or joint, to a foot, according to the nature of 

 the species, or the circumstances under which they are to 

 be grown. The wood should be as stout and mature as pos- 

 sible, and should be cut close and smooth to a bud at both 

 ends (fig. 56). In all cases, cuttings taken off closely to 

 the old wood, with the base attached, as in fig. 57, are 



Figs. 56 to 59 cuttings. 56, a cutting, all of young wood. 57, a cutting, with a 

 heel of old wood. 58, a cutting, with 2 or 3 eyes of old wood. 59, a cutting, of a 

 single eye of the grape vine. 60, a long cutting of the grape, line A, B, surface of the 

 ground. 



