ON DIFFERENT WAYS OF STRIKING ROSES, 



way as Hoon as they have formed a calhiH, tho firnt sign of the appear 

 ance of tho rootlets. I own the discovery of this method to chance. Not 



having hud time to plant nil the cuttings that I had made one Saturday 

 erening, I put them anyhow tinder several holl ^Iuhhoh, where they 

 remained until Monday mornings Finding them to he in very good eon 



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dition, I tried the experiment with fifty of them lor I longer time, and they 

 remained lor more than three weeks under the hell-ghiMFCH without being 

 planted ; they all formed a calluH, and I then at once planted them the 

 right way up, with the exception of five, which were not removed from 

 their horizontal position under the hell "In. •;, and the ;< formed roots like 

 tho others. It is only fair to state that these leafed cutting were Hyrinijcd 



