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fast to the branch, the vessel, fig. 64, is filled with earth, and the cup, 
fig. 65, which is also made of tin, is attached to the branch immediately 
above the vessel, fig. 64; the cup, fig. 65, is filled with water, in which 
must be placed a worsted thread or small cord, allowing one end of the 
thread or cord to fall into the vessel, fig. 64, containing the earth. By 
this means the thread or cord acts as a syphon, and will conduct 
the water into the vessel, fig. 64, and keep the earth moderately 
moist. Care must be taken to keep water constantly in the cup, except 
when the weather is sufficiently damp to keep the earth moist; so that 
the part of the branch encircled by the vessel, fig. 64, will strike out roots 
into the earth by which it is surrounded; so that by the time the fruit 
is nearly ripe, the branch (now a tree) may be removed and placed in a 
flower-pot. This, however, must be done with great care, and in this 
