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Work to be done in the Garden . 
Begonias, Fuchsias, Geraniums, and other things 
of this kind. All these things depend chiefly on 
not flagging for their success — they should he 
taken off at a joint, that is, where you see a sort 
of little knot like a new shoot springing, and the 
lower leaves being carefully nipped off with scissors, 
the cuttings should be planted closely in pans of 
sand and water, or in flower-pots filled with firm 
moist mould. 
It is a great thing always if you can keep them 
shaded and rather close for a day or two. I have 
struck such quantities in boxes covered either with 
a pane of glass or a sheet of oiled paper, but the 
moment that they will bear having air and light 
you must begin to give it, for I have often known 
the most promising plants just damp and die for 
want of it in a very short time indeed. 
Cuttings like these bear having air at night, 
if they are safe from frost, better than they do by 
day. When you water them you must be very 
careful, and I think you will find it safest only to 
wet the soil and not to sprinkle the leaves till 
they begin to have plenty of air, when it is quite 
delightful to water them well with a rose on the 
watering-pot. You must, however, be careful 
always to use warm water. 
