CUTTINGS OF GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 89 



tumn ; because, in most cases, the young plants 

 would not be sufficiently established or rooted 

 in the pots before winter ; and they ought to 

 be kept 'From growing during that season. 

 Nothing weakens plants so much as growing 

 when they should be at rest. This you must 

 have noticed in the case of common flowers 

 that are forced, or brought into flower early in 

 the spring, which require a full year to recover 

 their vigour. 



While on the subject of propagating green- 

 house plants, I must recommend to your no- 

 tice a book,* which, when you can afford to 

 buy it, and have acquired a little more experi- 

 ence, you will find very useful as a manual, 

 particularly as it will inform you by name, how 

 to strike each different plant ; and is one of the 

 few books that are of much use to a person 



* Sweet's Botanical Cultivator. 



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