HOW TO MAKE SLIPS AND CUTTINGS 



There are many devices for rooting cuttings, and each 

 gardener thinks his the best. If one has some way which 

 has always been successful, by all means use it. For those 

 who have none, here are some of the 

 simplest methods: 



Henderson's Saucer Method. — Take a 

 deep saucer, fill it nearly fuU of sand, 

 place the cuttings slantingly, almost lying down, and keep the 

 sand positively wet. This does not need to be shaded at any 

 time, and is one of the best and simplest ways of rooting cut- 

 tings in the summer. 



Single Pot. — Cuttings are often rooted in a single small 

 pot. In this case bits of stone or crock are put in the bottom 

 for drainage, then above this sand, and the little cutting is 

 placed close to the side of the pot — in which position it roots 

 better, for an excellent reason but a reason too long to give. 



Forsythe's Pot is a revised and improved edition of the 

 above. To make this sort of propagating pot, take a two- 

 inch pot and plug the hole at the bottom with plaster of Paris 

 or a cork. Then take a six-inch pot, put the layer of drainage 

 in the bottom and set the Uttle pot in the middle so that its 

 rim is level with that of its six-inch associate. The space be- 

 tween the two pots is filled with sand, and here the cuttings 

 are placed. The inner pot is 

 filled with water. This affair is 

 very professional-looking, and is 

 also very easy to manage. 



Cutting-Bench. — If you have 

 the space in a greenhouse or 

 by a sunny window, or wish to start many cuttings, by all 

 means have a cutting-bench. This is an ordinary bench, about 

 a foot below the level of the lower edge of the greenhouse-sash. 



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