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told by practical gardeners, strike best 
when put into the pots as thickly as possi¬ 
ble ; and as they are generally well watered 
when first put in the ground, if covered 
with a close glass, they will frequently not 
require any watering afterwards. As long 
as they continue looking fresh, they are 
doing well; and as soon as they begin to 
grow they should be transplanted into small 
thumb pots, and supplied moderately, but 
regularly, with water; changing the pots for 
larger ones as the plants increase in size, and 
according to their nature. Sometimes the 
pots are sunk into a hot-bed, to induce the 
cuttings to take root, and this is called 
applying bottom heat; and sometimes one 
flower-pot is placed within another a size 
or two larger, and the outer one filled with 
water. All these expedients are more or 
less efficacious ; and the great object with all 
of them, is to excite and stimulate the plant. 
Slips .—When cuttings are made of the 
shoots from the root or collar of the plant, or 
of little branches stripped off with a small 
portion of the root or stem attached, they 
are called slips; and they require no other 
