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week. Mr. Cutler, though in his seventy-second year, was an extremely 
active man both physically and intellectually. When in his ' 
happy moods, and he was seldom otherwise, he was almost youthful in 
his vivacity. He was highly esteemed by many outside the ranks of 
horticulturists, but who were, and remain, in sympathy with the 
benevolent work in which he engaged unremittingly and with signal i 
, HINTS ON PROPAGATING. 
During the next few months I great numbers of plants will require 
to be increased, and the method of procedure adopted should be regu¬ 
lated according to the appliances at command. This is, in my opinion, 
the true secret of success in this matter, and failures may often be 
traced to a tendency to follow in a “ beaten track ” without taking into 
success for more than fifty years. He was only just rising into manhood 
when appointed to the secretaryship of the Institution, then in its 
infancy, but now one of the strongest charitable organisations in the 
kingdom. Mr. Cutler’s zeal in his work was unbounded, and he was 
aided and encouraged by zealous co-officials and prudent administrators. 
He is gone, and will long be missed and mourned, but they remain, and 
the future prosperity of the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution is 
sa^e in their keeping. 
consideration the altered circumstances under which this operation 
must sometimes be performed. Where large quantities of plants have 
to be propagated annually the right system to follow is that by which 
the best results can be obtained with a minimum of labour, and through¬ 
out my remarks on this subject I intend to keep that point steadily 
in view. 
Where a properly appointed propagating house or pit is at com¬ 
mand the matter is’much simplified, and there can be but little doubt 
of the true economy of setting apart some structure for that purpose. 
