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into the sand. Insert the cuttings at proper intervals 

 in the neat trench thus prepared and tighten the sand 

 aliout them l)y gently tamping it with a brick or a 

 iieavy wooden block (Fig. 20). Lay a thin board, of any 

 desired width, between the rows of cuttings, on the sand 

 with one edge against the preceding row, using the other 

 edge as a guide for the glass. Prepare other trenches 

 similarly. This insures a neat bed with level surface. 



FIG. 114— -BRYOPHYLLUM LEAF- 

 With young plants in notches of margin. 



188. Tomato cuttings grown experimentally out of doors have 

 f;iven more, earlier hut smaller fruits than seedlings; indoors 

 seedlings were decidedly su]ierinr. 



189. Keeping soft cuttings alive for long periods. — G. W. 

 Oliver has successfully transported herbaceous cuttings from dis- 

 tant places as follows: A layer of cuttings is arranged, upper 

 leaf surface down, without crowding, on a pane of glass and covered 



