68 CULTURE OF SEAKALE 



ground. For my own use I would prefer a piece of 

 healthy root of the size and double the length of one's 

 little finger to the best seedling ever grown for a per- 



a a 



SEAKALE ROOT AND CUTTING 



manent plantation. It matters little, however, whether 

 the plants from which we take our cuttings be seedlings 

 or plants taken up to force or sell. In either case well 

 prepare the ground as for the seedlings, and cut off, or 



