CUTTINGS AND SLIPS. 
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year’s growth should be used, but some kinds of Plants 
will grow best from young shoots, when they have 
grown two or three inches long, ds Heath, Lemon, 
Verbena, &c., otheis from ripened shoots, asPittospo- 
rum,Illicium, Lycium, Viburnum, &e., and others half 
ripened shoots, as Geranium, Coronilla, Rose, &c. 
In potting off Plants raised from cuttings, care is 
requisite not to injure their fibres, and they should be 
put in small pots at first, and the size of the pot in¬ 
creased as they grow, but do not give them too much 
water. 
It may be well to observe that there is considerable 
difference between raising a plant, and growing it 
to any degree of perfection. A plant struck from a 
cutting in summer, and placed in a pot in the fall, and 
kept through winter in a Greenhouse in the common 
routine of watering and cleaning, &c., will necessarily 
come into flower in spring, and the flowers will be 
in proportion to the strength of the Plant; and with 
a view to have a Plant grow to any degree of perfec¬ 
tion, it must be nursed along while young by repeated 
shifting into larger pots, as it requires it, and must 
have requisite heat and attention, situation, &c. Gar¬ 
dening is an art, and is only learnt by practice and 
close observation of nature. 
To amateurs who desire to cultivate a fine specimen, 
I have given the method I have found to be successful 
in my own experience. 
The necessary elements are Heat, Light, Air, Water, 
and Soil, and their management Planting, Training, 
Cleaning, and Pruning. 
