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PIPINGS. 
preparation than cutting off the portion of 
bark smooth and close to the shoot. Slips 
are generally taken off in March, but they 
will also succeed if made in autumn. Cut¬ 
tings of succulent plants, such as of the dif¬ 
ferent kinds of cacti, require to be dried 
for some time after they are made, by 
placing them on a shelf in the sun. This is 
done to prevent a waste of the returning 
sap; which, in plants of this kind, is very 
abundant, and in a very liquid state. 
Pipings are cuttings of 
pinks and carnations, and 
indeed are applicable to all 
plants having jointed tubu¬ 
lar stems. They are pre¬ 
pared by taking a shoot 
that has nearly done grow¬ 
ing, and holding the root 
7 V end of it in one hand, be¬ 
low a pair of leaves, and 
with the other pulling the 
top part above the pair of 
leaves, so as to separate it 
from the root-part of the 
stem at the socket formed 
A piping of a Carnation, 
