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phere. When taking the cuttings be very 

 careful to keep the leaf on. If that is allowed 

 to fall off the chances are greatly against 

 success. Keep a good* circulation of air, as 

 otherwise the cutting-bench fungus is likely 

 to appear. 



The cuttings will be rooted in about twenty 

 or twenty-five days, which can be told by 

 prying a few out of the sand by means of a 

 wooden ladle or other similar handy article. 

 If they have roots over one-half inch long 

 they are ready to be potted. For this pur- 

 pose use a mixture of loam three parts, sand 

 one part, and rotted cow manure one part. 

 Use two or two and one-half inch pots for 

 the first potting and be sure to put them in 

 firmly, pressing down the soil with the thumb 

 and finishing off with a sharp rap on the 

 bench. Place near the glass and water 

 heavily only after a few days. In five or six 

 weeks shift on to larger pots — three or four 

 inch — using a compost as before with bone 

 meal added at the rate of two quarts to a 

 barrow load of soil, and don't omit to pot 

 firmly. Some growers give the second shift 

 in three weeks and another into six-inch 

 pots five weeks later. Plants should be 



