34 THE GRAPE CULTUBIST. 



If the roots from vine cuttings were dependent upon 

 the exposed cambium, as with some other plants, then 

 the superiority claimed might be conceded ; but such is 

 not the case, as a greater part are produced from around 

 the base of the bud, or pushed through the bark from 

 other points on the surface of the cutting. 



In Fig. 8 the cutting is made square across, close at 

 the base, or just under the bud, leaving about an inch 



and a half of wood 

 above it. It is 

 f _ placed in the pots at 



the angle shown, the 

 dotted lines indica- 

 ting the surface of the 

 sand above the bud. 

 The advantage of 

 this form, if any, is 

 PIG - 8< that it exposes the 



cambium to the soil at a point where it is to be found in 

 the greatest abundance, i. e., at or near the base of a bud. 

 Fig. 9 is another form of making the cutting as 

 to expose as large an amount of cambium to the soil as 

 possible ; and further, to have a portion of the cutting 

 go deeper into the soil than in the other forms, thereby 

 avoiding suffering for want of moisture, if, by accident 

 or neglect, the soil in the pot should become dry near 

 the surface, which would destroy the cutting if made in 

 the other forms. 



The cutting is placed in the pots in a sloping posi- 

 tion ; the dotted line above the bud represents the sur- 

 face of the sand. The only objection to this shape is, 

 that being made thin at the lower end, it is more likely 

 to become water-soaked and decay than if left with more 

 substance. It is, however, a good form, and has sor^e 

 advantages over several of the others. There is not only 

 a great diversity of opinion in regard to the shape of the 



