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canes, if these are anchored so the 

 wind does not whip them about. 



Modifications of this method are 

 employed with the grape and other 

 vines, currants, gooseberries, etc., 

 which are buried shallow and al- 

 lowed to remain so for several 

 weeks. The buried shoots readily 

 take root and can be severed so that 

 at least one bud or growing stem is 

 allowed to each little clump of roots. 

 With quinces, gooseberries, and 

 currants mound layering is often 

 resorted to. This consists in piling 

 earth around the bushes to the 

 depth of several inches, and when 

 the stems have rooted, cutting these 

 off with their attached roots, and 

 transplanting. 



Propagation by cuttings is so 

 simple with most outdoor plants 

 that anyone can employ it. For in- 

 stance, blackberries and red rasp- 

 berries need only to have their roots 

 cut in pieces and these planted in 

 moist soil in order to secure new plants. Grape 

 vines may be cut into single eyes or 

 two-eyed pieces, and buried for sev- 

 eral weeks. Sometimes they are cut 

 with a heel or mallet so as to get a 

 wider area and root surfaces for each 

 stem. As soon as they are rooted, and 

 the tops are growing nicely, they may 

 be transplanted to nursery rows and al- 

 lowed to grow a season before being set root 

 in place. All these plants mentioned are cutting 



MALLET 

 CUTTINGS 



