TYPICAL LESSON PLANS 145 



below the bud. Make one clean cut; it must not be 

 jagged. Each cutting should have at least two good buds. 



What will you do with your cuttings ? Tie a number 

 together and place them in moist sand in a cool place, or 

 they may be buried in the soil of the garden. If this is 

 done care should be taken not to put them where they will 

 stand in water. What do you want the cuttings to do 

 during the winter ? Just what your soft-wood cuttings did, 

 form a callus and start roots. 



Take up the work again in the spring. The cuttings 

 should be set out in a row in the garden in a well-drained 

 spot. Set them about eight inches apart and deep enough 

 so that only one bud will be left above the surface of the 

 ground. They should not be less than six inches in the 

 ground. These cuttings will be ready to set out in a 

 permanent place in one or two years. They should be set 

 from six to eight feet apart. If they have made a vigorous 

 growth, it is best to cut them back so there will not be 

 more than four good buds on the stem. 



In the spring take up the study of grape vines. Com- 

 pare with other shrubs and trees as to the time of opening 

 leaf buds? How does the plant climb? Where are the 

 tendrils situated? How many divisions in one tendril? 

 What does the tendril do in order to cling to a support? 

 Which do you think helps support the plant more, the 

 twining stem or the tendrils? 



Watch for the flowers. Are they early or late in open- 

 ing ? Can you account for the late flowering ? Where are 

 the flowers, on last year's wood or this year's? Where 

 situated on the new stem ? You can readily see from this 

 that the flowers cannot open early. Are there flowers on 



