Propagation and Culture of Pot Vines. 



STRIKING FROM EYES, AND POTTING. 



To strike from eyes, select good, strong, well ripened 

 wood — tlie stronger the better — as soon as the vines are 

 pruned. Be careful not to let the wood become dry. 

 Place the wood in a cool spot, and cover it with damp 

 soil or sand. About the first of March, bed each eye 

 in plain bar sand, in a shallow box, at an angle of 

 about 45°, so as to leave the eye slightly projecting. 

 Keep the sand moderately moist, and place the box con- 

 taining it in a bottom heat of about 80°, and under a 

 solar heat of about 50° to 55°. The eyes will begin to 

 break in about a month. Pot off in four inch pots, with 

 equal portions of leaf mould, sand and loam. Plunge 

 the pots back into the same bottom heat, increasing the 

 solar heat to 65° j and water copiously when the plant 

 is becoming: established. 



SHIFTING POTS. 



As soon as the pot becomes well filled with roots, say 

 in four weeks, shift the vines to seven inch pots. 



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