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PROPAGATION 



within a piece of thin rope ; a knot tied at the end of the rope 

 should fit tightly against the hole of the vessel above. The rope, 

 secured by its knotted end within the pot, is carried on at full 

 stretch and coiled round the gootee. By this means the water, 

 with which the vessel is kept supplied, oozes slowly out, trickles 

 down the rope, and so distributes itself over the whole gootee. In 



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GOOTEIi GRAFTING. 



from three to four months, according to the plant in hand, young 

 roots should be seen protruding through the gootee, when the 

 branch may be cut from the parent tree, and planted where it is 

 intended for it to remain. The operation should be carried out in 

 the wet season, commencing when active growth in the tree begins. 

 A modification of the "gootee" contrivance is a piece of thin 

 tin plate, folded in the shape of a funnel, and fixed with clips round 



