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Artificial methods of propagation, especially 

 those of cuttage and layerage, have the further ad- 

 vantage over propagation by means of seeds, in the 

 perpetuation of desired characters of individual 

 plants, one or more of which may appear in any 

 plantation. These, particularly if more productive 

 than the others, should always be utilized as stock, 

 not merely because their progeny artificially ob- 

 tained are likely to retain the character and thus 

 probably increase the yield of the plantation, but 

 principally because they may form the nucleus of a 

 choice strain. ' 



Except in the respects mentioned, these methods 

 of propagation are not notably superior to propaga- 



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tion by means of good seed, which, by the way, is 

 not overabundant. By the consumption of a little 

 extra time, any desired number of plants may be 

 obtained from seed. At any rate, seed is what one 

 must start with in nearly every case. 



TRANSPLANTING 



No more care is required in transplanting herbs 

 than in resetting other plants, but unless a few es- 

 sentials are realized in practice the results are sure 

 to be unsatisfactory. Of course, the ideal way is to 

 grow the plants in small flower pots and when they 



