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AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 

 Fig. 303. 



o. Common cutting of pm;tll wondy growth. 



&. A slip ctitting of tlie same, tvith ttic butt untrimmed. 



c. A slip cutting trimmed for planting. 



d. A common herbaceous cutting. 



e. A ctttting of Carnation or ricotce. 



i. A cutting of the smaller, or garden Pink, m.idc Mith tlie knife, 

 fl. A pink " piping," made by drawing out, witliotit itsing the knife, 

 ft. The pipe or tube from which the piping has been drawn. 



Tlie Carnation and Picotee are commonly layered, but cut- 

 tings may be made, as Fig. e, and are to lie preferred. The 

 smaller, or garden Pink, is usually raised from cuttings, as Fig. 

 /', Ijut tliese are also often made Avithout the knife Ijy simply 

 pulling out a sufficient length of the heart gTowth, while the 

 lower or stem eml of the shoot is held fii-mly between the thumb 

 and finger. If dexterously done, the cutting will separate pre- 

 cisely at the joint, and is at once ready for planting, Fig. gr. 

 This is called " a piping," because, when drawn out, it leaves a 

 pipe or tube formed by the leases of the two next lower leaves 

 which enfolded it, Fig. A. Branch cuttings of all kinds may 

 usually lie planted at a depth efjual to one half of their length, 

 Imt cuttings of Carnations, Pinks, and a few other varieties of 

 peculiar growth, are jjlanted so as to bring the bases of theu' 

 mitrimmed leaves just into the sur-face of the eai'th. A very 

 little experience and observation will enable the cultivator to 

 judge at once of the proper depths from the size of the cutting 

 and the character of the particular variety. Cuttings that are 

 planted in a sloping position ai-e thought to root more readily 



