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ed with cinders — you may fill it half full if 

 you will — and let the earth on top have a 

 good mixture of sand ; and give little or no 

 water till the cuttings begin to grow. 



Most plants will grow from cuttings of 

 their shoots, — others as well, or better, from 

 cuttings of their roots. You know how the 

 long underground stems of your roses, 

 which go wandering round and rooting as 

 they go — you know how full they are of buds, 

 every one ready to shoot up and become a 

 stem ? You may take one of these ram- 

 bling roots, cut it up into little bits an inch 

 long, each with '' eyes" like a potato set ; 

 and then opening a shallow drill in some 

 undisturbed, unoccupied place, you may 

 sow your root -cuttings as if they were 

 beans. Cover lightly, water them, let them 

 alone, and they will grow to your heart's 

 content. Bouvardias strike better so than 

 from cuttings of their shoots ; and so does 

 the sweet-scented shrub (Calycanthus) and 

 many other plants. It is a good way to 

 raise rose stocks for budding. A difficult 



