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as such will form small compact tubers well adapted 

 for package and carriage. These young plants are 

 preferred to the old roots ; and when trained up with 

 single stems, form a fine head, and flower, upon the 

 whole, better. If the ground they are planted in is 

 of rather a free open texture, and dries quickly after 

 rain, it is necessary to put three or four inches of 

 manure, of any kind, on the surface, in form of a 

 circle round the plants, to nourish the roots, to con- 

 fine the moisture, and prevent evaporation ; the 

 stems and branches being of a brittle and succulent 

 nature, should be well secured with stakes, to pre- 

 vent their being broken by the wind. (Hogg's Ajpp. 

 194.) 



By Eyes— This is the mode whereby most plants 

 of any variety may be obtained within the shortest 

 space of time, though it is seldom practiced, and we 

 do not recommend it. In this we differ, perhaps, 

 from Mr. Glenny, who observes that in this mode 

 there may be half a dozen or more plants made out 

 of one shoot or cutting taken off properly. Suppose 

 there be three pairs of leaves besides the end joint ; 

 the end joint, which will have two leaves, and the heart, 

 may be cut off close to the under leaves, which may be 

 carefully removed, and this forms a cutting ; the stem 

 left is to be split up, each half having its two or 

 three leaves. These are to be cut close under each 

 leaf ; half the portion of split stem, and the whole of 



