Ne'w Method of stinking Cuttmgs. 



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and wallflowers, as by the professed propagater of valuable ex- 

 otics. It is as follows : — Take a wide-mouthed 48-sized pot, 

 for example, and crock it in the usual manner with broken 

 tiles, &c. ; then take a wide-mouthed small sixty, and put a piece 

 of clay in the bottom of it to stop the hole ; then place it inside 

 the other, on the top of the crocking, so that the brims of both 

 pots may be on a level. Then fill in the space between the pots 

 with sand, or other propagating soil, according to the nature of 

 the plant about to be propagated ; and let the cuttings be inserted 

 in the manner here shown {Jig. 98.), with their lower extremities 

 against the inner pot. Plunge the pot in a cutting frame, or 

 under a bell or hand-glass, in a shady place out of doors, accord- 

 ing to the nature of the cuttings and the season of the year; and 

 let the inner pot be filled and kept full of water. 



The advantages to be derived from this method are numerous, 

 and must be evident even to the casual observer; the principal 



