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and watered. Rooting is rather slow, a month or more 

 often being necessary. Good plants may thus be grown, 

 plants which after wintering in cold frames, may be set in 

 the open the following spring. This is a quick method 

 of increasing stock, since more or less cuttings of green 

 wood may be made from the plants in the latter part of 

 the season and grown indoors during the winter. 



181. Transplanting outdoor grown cuttings should 

 occur at the close of the growing season, if there is time 

 between the ripening of tlieir wood and the approach of 

 winter for them to become established. In such cases 



FIG. no— FIELD PLANTING OF POTTED DAHLIAS 

 1. Italian laborer who sets 4,500 plants in 10 hours. 2. Gang of men he leads. 



winter mulching is necessary. When maturit)' is late, 

 spring planting is ad\'isable. Ahva}'S liberal space 

 should be gi\en so the plants will have am])le food and 

 de\'e!op symmetrically. In some cases, plants may be 

 sold at one year old ; in others, at two years. 



Cutting plants should never be allowed to remain in 

 the nursery rows more than one growing, season. If 

 thev are there will be serious loss of roots when dug. 



182. Green wood or soft wood cuttings are more widely 

 used than anv other kind because they strike root easily, 

 are reatlily rooted under glass and the great majority of 

 plants, whether soft or hard wooded, can be propagated 



