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sand ; then keep them in the fullest sun- 

 shine you can find, and also keep the sand 

 as wet as very wet mud. In either case, 

 pot off the cuttings in small separate pots 

 of fresh earth as soon as they begin to push 



CUTTING AS SET OUT. 



out new leaves, — sure sign of growth begun 

 at the root end. Shade them for a few days 

 after potting, and keep changing into larger 

 and larger pots (just one size larger each 

 time) as fast as the roots begin to crowd 

 out 01 the hole at the bottom of the pot, de- 



