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culty than on the new wood of the cutting. We, 

 therefore, maintain that the two-year old plants, care- 

 fulljj taken up • from the nursery, and sheltered until 

 planting time, will give better results than the crossettes 

 or cuttings, in dry soil. 



Planting. — The proper Time. — The best time for 

 planting cuttings, or roots, differs in different climates. 



In the northern and central parts of France the op- 

 eration must be performed in the beginning of spring ; 

 if done before the winter there would be danger, on the 

 one hand, of the terminal buds of the cuttings or roots 

 which had not yet commenced growing, being killed by 

 the frost ; and, on the other, of the plants being injured 

 by the excess of moisture contained in the ground dur- 

 ing that season. In the South it is the reverse : the 

 planting must be done before the winter, otherwise, if 

 done in the spring, the hot weather of that season would 

 suffice to kill the young plants before they had time to 

 take root. Besides, it is known that vegetation, in that 

 climate, is not entirely suspended during winter, so that 

 when the spring comes, the young plants have already 

 struck a few roots, which enable them more successful- 

 ly to withstand the dry weather. 



[The question of fall and spring planting is one which each 

 must decide for himself. As above suggested, much will de- 

 pend upon the climate — the soil has also much to do with our 

 decision. Newly planted vines or trees, if set in light, dry 

 soils, would do a good deal toward preparing themselves for 

 growth, during mild weather in autumn and winter ; but the 

 same plants, set in wet, heavy, clayey soil, in the autumn, 

 would be very apt to suffer from the effects of water freezing 

 and thawing during the winter, and many would be killed.] 



