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No special attention is required, except to shade 

 them fronoi the direct sun, and to occasionally wipe 

 the moisture from the glass : the sand, of com'se, 

 should be kept moist. The cuttings root readily, 

 and may then be transplanted to single pots, and the 

 next season placed in the open ground. 



Propagation by cuttings is seldom resorted to, ex- 

 , cept in the case of new varieties, and with the fine, 

 tender species of the greenhouse and stove. 



INAECHING. 



This process is the same ordinarily employed for 

 the propagation of camellias, and like hard-wooded 

 shrubs. 



Some vigorous stock of a common variety is 

 selected. The branch should then be brought close 

 to the stock, and the parts which fit best be care- 

 fully marked ; next, at the places of contact, pare 

 away the bark and wood for an inch or more in 

 length on 'both stock and branch; then, letting the 

 bark join exactly, tie the stock and branch tight 

 together, and cover with clay or grafting wax. 

 When the stock and graft are of the same size, a 

 slit is made upward in the branch, and a correspond- 

 ing slit downward in the stock ; the parts are then 

 tongued together, the whole joined exactly, tied, and 

 covered with wax or clay as above. 



If the operation is performed out of doors, both 

 stock and graft should be carefully staked ; but in 

 the house this is not necessary. 



A few months will generally be sufficient to imite 



