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leaf and bud uncovered, and then put the pots within 

 the frames in the same manner as described for single 

 eyes. To prevent rapid exhalation from the leaves, the 

 atmosphere in the frames should be kept a little more 

 confined than for ripe wood cuttings. Ventilate the 

 frames but little until roots are produced. Keep the 

 heat from 80 to 90, and see that there is plenty of 

 moisture, but not so much as to rot the cuttings or cause 

 them to mildew. Ventilation will usually check the mil- 

 dew, and withholding water prevents rotting. 



In from two to four weeks, if successful, the cut- 

 tings will be sufficiently rooted to be separated and put 

 into small pots. An occasional examination of the cut- 

 tings will enable the propagator to determine the proper 

 time to do this. When the roots are two inches in 

 length they should be removed from the large pots and 

 placed in three inch pots, filled with the same rich com- 

 post recommended for other cuttings, except that the 

 soil is mixed with sand enough to constitute one-half 

 its bulk. 



After being potted they should be again placed, for 

 a few days, in the close frames, until they have recov- 

 ered from the check received in potting. The plants 

 may now be treated the same as the single-eye cuttings, 

 except, if you wish to produce good plants, it will be 

 necessary to keep them under glass the whole season, as 

 the wood will usually fail to ripen fully in the open air. 



When but few plants are to be grown, or there is 

 no lack of room, they may be started in the following 

 manner: Take an eight-inch pot and put some broken 

 pieces of pots or coarse gravel in the bottom for drain- 

 age, then set a four or five-inch pot within it the hole 

 in the bottom of the smaller pot being stopped tight ; 

 fill the open space between the pots with sand, in \* aich 

 insert one row of cuttings an inch and a half or two 

 inches apart, letting the base of each cutting touch the 



