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the protectors are admirably adapted, we will deal principally 
with this mode. 
Some growers propagate by cuttings, some by suckers, and 
others by layering. We recommend that by cuttings, as the 
most certain ; nevertheless, the most dwarf plants of all, can be 
produced by the layering system. To begin with the old plants, 
from a selection of which, of course, the next year’s plants are 
to be produced. Such being gradually hardened, and inured to 
out-of-door work, may be turned out of their pots, into a bed of 
very poor soil, in the course of February. We say very poor 
soil, for the suckers have always a tendency to grossness ; and, 
consequently, when in rich soil, they become “long-jointed.” 
This is opposed to the end at which we aim. By the early part 
of April, or it may be a few weeks later, suckers will be six or 
eight inches in height, and cuttings may be put out forthwith. 
An ordinary hand-glas.s, out of doors, will certainly suffice to 
preserve them, but a moderate amount of bottom heat will be 
advantageous ; and such being available in the glazed pro- 
tectors, they can be propagated with facility ; especially if 
propagating glasses can he placed over them. About soil, and 
the mode of making cuttings, we need say little : the cuttings, 
however, should be short, about four joints are enough. As 
soon as “struck,” they should be “hardened off,” and may re- 
main fora few weeks, in pots, without disturbance; observing 
to keep them as cool and airy as possible ; and in order to 
render them dwarf, a low temperature is absolutely necessary, 
and, of course, a free exposure to light. In a short time they 
will attain a stout and somewhat stunted appearance, and must 
be “potted off.” A good plan is to place three in a five-inch 
pot; this we think far superior to a single plant: soil we will 
advert to anon. Thus potted, in about three weeks they will be 
well established, and, in fact, will be growing freely; and at 
this period we pinch off the top from every plant. Liberal 
waterings will be necessary through the whole course of culture, 
more especially when the pots become filled with roots. 
When the five-inch pots are filled, give them, at once, their 
final shift; the size of the pot employed must in some degree 
be influenced by the situation they are finally to occupy. A 
seven-inch pot will grow them in tolerable perfection ; but the 
larger the pot, of course, the finer the blossoms will be. It now 
