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dampness. For the same reason, if a hot-bed be used, 
great care should be taken that there is no accumulation 
of rank steam, or condensed moisture. In five or sia 
weeks they will have elongated an inch or two above the 
soil, when they may be potted off singly into half-pint 
pots, and still retained in the same or a similar situation 
When they have grown some five or six inches more, these 
pots will be filled with roots, and the plants may be trans- 
_ferred into those of quart size, which will be sufficient for 
the season, if only stocky plants for future planting be 
required, but when the intention is to make strong plants 
for fruiting next year in pots, it wlll be requisite to re- 
move from time to time, according as they progress, into 
gallons and two gallons. The shoots will also need to be 
tied to stakes as they continue to grow. If healthy stock 
is wanted it will be necessary to place the plants, during 
the summer, in the same growing temperature as is recom- 
mended for fruiting vines, and by care and encouragement 
these young canes may be extended to twelve or fifteen 
feet long; it is however desirable that the tops should be 
nipped out at the height of about six feet, which will pre- 
vent crowding, and allow the light to act more freely on 
the lower leaves, which in their turn mature the buds on 
each axil. As stated above, this strong growth is not neces- 
gary, unless for pot culture; for a small well-ripened vine, 
with plenty of healthy roots, is quite as good for perma 
nent planting, and with after he management wil] wake 
headway equal to a stronger on 
Cuttings —A cutting as generally understood is a length 
of the last season’s cane containing several buds, Fig. 23. 
‘To propagate by this plan proceed as follows: So soon as 
_ the ground is in good working order after the breaking up 
of winter, dig, and break up well with the spade, asufficient 
” for the Ah Ree ESeROm string a Ine across one 
