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CUTTAGE. 



made ; here the young- shoots of hardy shrubs are taken, 

 when about 2 to 3 inches long, the leaves partly re- 

 moved, and they are planted under 

 glass. Several weeks are required for 

 rooting, l_iut good plants are obtained, 

 which, when wintered in a coldlranie, 

 can be planted out in beds the next 

 spring. Great care must be given 

 to shading and watering. Hydi-angca 

 paiiicnlala var. ■^'raiiJiflora and Akcbia 

 qi(iiid/a are e.vamples ; or any deutzia 

 or more easily ',.?i 



handled plant 

 of which s-tock 

 is scarce may 

 - be cited. 



Part of the 

 leaves are re- 

 moved, as a 

 rule, lietore 

 these firm- 



wooded ctittings are set, as shown 

 in the rose cutting, Fig. 74, and 

 the hydrangea cutting. Fig. 75, 

 This is not essential, huwe\er, but 

 it lessens evaporation and the ten- 

 dency to "Hag" or wilt. Inmost 

 species the top can be cut ofl the 

 cutting, as seen in Figs. 60 and 

 7,T, but in other cases it seriously 

 injures the cutting. Weigelas are 

 likely to sufter from such behead- 

 ing ; an unusually large callus 

 forms at tlie bottom, but the leaves shrivel and die. 

 This frequently occurs in wliat some nurserymen call "end 

 growers," among which may lie mentioned ueigelas 1 prop- 

 erly diervillasi, the shrubby altheas, Ccnis Japonica, and 



74. Rose cutting (x^^). 



. Hydrangea cuttnti^ [^^2)- 



