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THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



two or three inches long, as re- 

 presented in Fig. 10, being care- 

 ful to cut it at a joint, from which 

 a callus is formed, and the roots 

 will emanate, as described in 

 Fig. 11. The cuttings being 

 thus prepared, proceed to pot 

 them in moderate sized pots, 

 well drained with broken pots, 

 broken bricks, or any coarse 

 substance that will drain off 

 the water, which, if allowed to 

 remain at the bottom of the pot 

 Fig. 11. and saturate the compost, is 



often the cause of cuttings rotting off at the wound where the 

 roots should be made ; having properly placed the drainage, 

 fill the pots with compost, of good mellow loam, with a quan- 

 tity of good sharp sand, in order to keep it free and open ; 

 shake the compost gently into the pot, and insert from six to 

 ten cuttings in each pot about two inches in the compost ; 

 this done, give them a moderate watering, and place them in 

 the front of the green-house, frame, or any situation where 

 they can be shaded from the mid-day sun. In this situation, 

 they will require good attention, by keeping them moderately 

 watered, clearing away any dead leaves, or filth that may col- 

 lect about them. By this treatment, most cuttings may be 

 rooted in a month, or six weeks, when they may be potted 

 off, in the same manner as recommended for " Potting Plants." 

 Hard wooded cuttings, as the Camellia, Laurestina, Pittospo- 

 rum, and evergreens in general, belonging to the green-house, 

 are taken from the plants when the young wood is well ripen- 

 ed, which is about the latter end of August or beginning of 

 September. They are prepared in the same manner as re- 

 commended for soft wooded plants, and should be covered 

 with bell glasses, which should be taken off every day and 

 wiped dry, in order that they may not damp off, which will 



