PROPAGATION BY MEANS OF CUTTINGS 



89 



able for cuttings. A double pot, with moisture supplied in a 



surrounding cushion of sphagnum moss, is seen in Fig. 3. 



Neumann's cutting-pot is shown in Fig. 



90. This contains an inverted pot in the 



center, a, designed to supply drainage and 



to admit heat into the center of the mass of 



soil. 



A good method of Striking difficult Sub- FIG. 90. Neumann's 



jects is as follows : Fill a saucer with moss ; 

 on this place an inverted flower-pot ; insert the cutting through 

 the hole in the bottom of the pot, so that it stands in the 

 moss and almost touches the saucer ; keep the moss moist. 



Some kind of protection, commonly combined with bottom 

 heat, is given cuttings of the soft and growing parts. In indoor 



FIG. 91. Cutting-bench shaded with lath. 



work, any of the devices named above may be employed, but 

 a box like that shown in Fig. 80 is one of the most useful for 



