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drained in the manner already directed for seeds, 

 for the purpose of keeping the bottom of the pot 

 as free from stagnated water as possible ; and 

 then, as wanted, about half filled with the com- 

 post best suited to the plant intended to be pro- 

 pagated, to grow in for a few weeks, when first 

 struck, (see Table of Genera,)and the remaining, 

 part with the best loam that can be procured, 

 to insert the cutting in when ready. On the 

 purity, and clearness of the loam, I think, de- 

 pends in a great measure the success of many 

 of the tenderer kinds of cuttings ; particularly 

 those which are obliged to be kept in moist heat, 

 as it is, when contaminated with other composts, 

 very liable in these situations to cause damp 

 and rottenness, by the particles of putrifying 

 matter generally contained in mixed earths ; 

 and the properties of which are put in motion, by 

 the application of heat. As an exception to 

 this rule, may be adduced sand ; which is of 

 very great utility to mix with the loam, should 

 it happen to be rather stiff for the nature of the 

 cutting : but then, the sand proper for this use 

 is of so pure a nature in itself, that it is evident, 

 it cannot have the effect noticed above in regard 

 to mixed soils. 



Tn the choice of cuttings, preference should 



