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get as many plants as possible of a variety, 

 as in the case of a new or scarce one, cuttings 

 may be made of the entire shoot, using a 

 single eye or joint for each. Should these 

 cuttings be very short, they may be fastened 

 to a toothpick or any small splint, allowing 

 it to extend an inch or more below the base 

 of the cutting, this being pushed into the 

 sand as a support. If not convenient to 

 put the cuttings in the sand as soon as 

 made, they should be left in water, or, 

 if to be kept for any length of time, should 

 be packed in damp moss and put in a cool 

 place. 



Before putting the cuttings in the sand 

 the latter should be made firm by pounding 

 the surface smooth and, if dry, watered. 

 A good plan is to have a strip of wood about 

 three inches wide and of the length of the 

 width of the cutting bench. This will serve 

 as a rule to draw the lines for the cuttings. 

 Have a piece of wood shaped like a knife 

 blade, but about one fourth of an inch 

 thick. With this draw a line by the edge 

 of the stick about one and a half inches deep, 

 insert the cuttings, use the edge of the rule 

 to firm the sand by the side of the cuttings, 



