PROPAGATION BY CUTTINGS 



transpiration. This reduction in leaf also per- 

 mits the cuttings to be placed more closely in the 

 propagating-box. (Fig. 27.) 



Fig. 26. Protection against loss of moisture 



PROPAGATING-BOXES 



Where a number of cuttings are to be rooted, 

 it is best to prepare a propagating-box. (Fig. 

 27.) A simple form may be made with very 

 little trouble. A box, six or seven inches deep 

 and of any convenient size and a pane of glass 

 large enough to cover the box is all that is re- 



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