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the leaf will remain, and these must be put an inch 

 deep into the soil, each 4S-sized pot holding six sets 

 planted against the sides. The bud at the base of 

 each leaf will make a plant if placed in a hotbed, 

 and when they have become well rooted they must be 

 placed in separate pots, and kept growing in heat 

 until they are six or eight inches high, when they 

 may be taken to a cooler frame. (Gard. and Flor. 

 ii. 25.) 



Grafting. — Plants thus established are not so long- 

 lived as those sustained by their own roots, but it 

 may be adopted advantageously to avoid the chance 

 of losing a seedling, or any scarce variety, and is par- 

 ticularly applicable to those kinds which are horny- 

 rooted and difficult to break, or such as Taylor's Sul- 

 tana, with long stringy tubers, which seldom live 

 through the winter, and to others which break late : 

 to all such this mode is recommended with the great- 



