EOSES UNDER GLASS. 101 



oped. Take cuttings with two or tliree leaf 

 stalks, remove the lower one and make a smooth 

 cut, if possible just beneath where the leaf stalk 

 was removed ; with the back of the knife knock 

 off all thorns from the wood and insert the cut- 

 ting in your bed of sand ; press around the cut- 

 ting firmly, and water thoroughly with tepid 

 water. After this process the cuttings should 

 never be allowed to get dry, the sand must be 

 kept moist by frequent syringing. If the tem- ) 

 perature of the house is kept at from fifty to \ 

 fifty-five degrees at night and from sixty to 

 seventy during the day, the cuttings will be well 

 rooted in twenty^eight or thirty days after the 

 day they are put in. 



To know when they are in the right condition 

 to pot off : with a thin, flat stick, carefully pry a 

 few out of the sand; if they have made roots one- 

 half inch long, they can be potted. The soil 

 must be prepared by taking tliree parts good 

 loam, one part sand, one part well-rotted cow- '\ 

 manure ; these are to be thoroughly mixed and 

 placed in a warm position. Use two-and-a-half- 

 inch pots, press about the cuttings firmly ; when 

 potted place near the glass. Do not water 



