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will not droop at the same temperature as if the sand were 

 kept in the regular condition of moisture maintained in 

 the propagating bench. Still, the detached slip, until 

 rooted, will not endure a continuation of excessive heat, 

 so that we advise, as we do in the regular method of 

 propagating, that the attempt should not be made to root 

 cuttings in this way, in this latitude, in the months of 

 June, July, or August, unless with plants of a tropical 

 nature. When the cuttings are rooted, they should be 

 potted in small pots, and treated carefully by shading 

 and watering for a few days, as previously directed. All 

 kinds of plants may be rooted by this method when the 

 young green wood is used, whether of soft wooded plants, 

 such as Fuchsias, Carnations, Geraniums, Heliotropes, 

 etc., or of hard-wooded plants, such as Roses or Azaleas, 

 provided that the same condition of cutting is adhered to 

 as advised for the other methods. 



PROPAGATION OF ROSES BY CUTTINGS. 



As the propagation of Roses by cuttings is a matter of 

 very wide-spread interest, I will give a special descrip- 

 tion of our method. The rule that applies to the proper 

 condition of soft- wooded plants, such as Fuchsias, Helio- 

 tropes^ or Verbenas, (that is, that the young shoot should 

 be in a state to snap or break off instead of bend,) does 

 not apply to the proper condition of the Rose cutting. 

 The young shoot of the Rose is also what is to be used, 

 but it must be hard and woody. For example, when a 

 Rose bud is developed enough to be cut, the shoot on 

 which it grows is about in the right condition for cut- 

 tings, each leaf of the shoot with its bud at the axil, and 

 two or three inches of stem, making a cutting; that is, 

 what is called a single eye cutting. They are simply 



