CHAPTER XVI 



PKOPAGATION CONTINUED. 



Cuttings. If we succeeded in giving the read- 

 er a clear idea of how plants are made from single 

 eyes, he will readily understand how they are 

 made from cuttings. These consist of pieces of 

 cane having from two to five eyes or buds. A 

 cutting of two eyes is seen at the right, Fig. 105. 

 Cuttings are prepared by making a clean cut 

 close under the lowest bud, which is removed, 

 as is also the one above it when there are three. 

 The cane is cut half an inch above the top 

 bud, the slope of the cut being on the side op- 

 posite the bud. Only thoroughly ripe canes 

 should be used for cuttings, and those of me- 

 dium size are best. Cuttings of two eyes are 

 sometimes grown under glass. They are placed 

 in the propagatiDg bed, with the upper bud an 

 inch or so above the surface, as shown on the 

 right in Fig. 105. Their management is then 



