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week some water from the rose of a watering-pot, or 

 by means of a syringe, to preserve it in a moist proper 

 state, observing to do it in the evening, lest the leaves 

 should get scorched by the rays of the sun : a little 

 moss tied neatly round each ball of clay will prevent 

 the watering from being so frequently necessary, and 

 is therefore a very desirable addition.' Eight or ten 

 weeks will in general be found sufficient time for them 

 to unite ; at all events, by that time they may be par- 

 tially separated from the parent plant, by cutting the 

 inarched shoots more than half-way through ; and if 

 on trial they are found to be united, and bear that 

 operation well, they may in a few days afterwards be 

 entirely cut off and placed in a shady part of the 

 house, where they must be kept moderately syringed 

 as before, and some additional shade given, according 

 to the state of the weather, for two or three weeks, 

 during which time they may be untied, and the top of 

 the stock cut off in a neat manner ; and also any un- 

 necessary part of the lower end of the scion that may 

 remain. Then apply a little clay to facilitate the 

 healing of the wounds, which will take place in a few 

 weeks, when the plant may be considered as esta- 

 blished and fit to be placed among the general col- 

 lection. 



There is a method of propagating some green- 

 house plants, especially camellias and oranges, which 

 Cushing describes as midway between inarching and 

 grafting. By this mode the top of the stock is left 

 on as in inarching, but the scion is cut off as in graft- 



