OCTOBER: SECOND WEEK 269 



on the cutting — the one nearest the main stem — in the sand 

 about an inch and have the sand fit tightly about it, or air 

 will get in and prevent proper callusing and rooting. The 

 two buds above the sand should send out shoots. 



In about twenty-five days they should be rooted enough 

 to pot into two-inch pots, in loose, loamy soil, and put into 

 heat and moist air. After the cuttings are struck water 

 them only early in the morning, so the top of the sand will 

 dry before night, or they may be attacked with a fimgous 

 disease known as cutting-bed fungus, for which there is no 

 cure. When the two-inch pots are filled with roots change 

 the plants to four-inch ones or set them at once in the 

 borders where they are to remain. 



