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plants are sometimes produced. Where wood is very 

 scarce, this method is desirable, as there is a saving of 

 one-third. 



4. Single Buds. — Nearly all the plants sent out by 

 nurserymen, are propagated from single eyes. This meth- 

 od requires artificial heat, but a good hot-bed will an- 

 swer very well for the purpose. The wood should be 

 selected and preserved in the manner already described 

 for cuttings. In the spring the wood may be cut up into 

 single eyes, leaving it about half an inch long below the 

 bud, and three-quarters of an inch above. At both ends 

 the wood should slant from, the bud, because, when pre- 

 pared in this way, the bud is much less liable to be injured. 



Instead of ordinary soil in the hot-bed, use shallow 

 boxes, about three inches^ deep, filled with clean white 

 sand, such as is ordinarily found on the shores of lakes. 

 Make^nes across the boxes, about two inches apart. 

 Along these lines place the buds in a slanting position, 

 and deep enough so as to be covered about a quarter of 

 an inch with the sand, which should be pressed down 

 firmly. Care should be taken to keep the top of the buds 

 towards the surface. They need not be put in until the 

 first or second week in March. The sand should be kept 

 moist. 



When the buds have thrown out roots, and the shoots 

 have become three inches long, they may be transplanted 

 into ordinary soil in another hot-bed. They should re- 



