52 WINDOW GARDEiXING. 
enamel cl'/uH. Ali CiiU'rigs strike root more quickly in sand than in loam, and i 
the bottom o{ ilie joint couches tlie side of the pot or box, it hastens its growth. 
Bottom neat is quite as needful to propagate cuttings as seeds, and the heated 
cases referred to in another cnapter would give every amateur a desirable hot 
bed at a shgnt outlay. To raiso cuttings from a fi-esh or succulent branch, it is 
needful to take one in a proper conoition to secure success. 
Mr. Henderson says, that if a cutting bends, it will not grow easily, but if it 
snaps oiTii is ready to make root, and become a vigorous plant. This test does 
not always apply to woody stemmed plants like Myrtles, Sweet Verbenas, Daph- 
nes, Roses and Azaleas, but their growth is usually tiuer if the wood is easily 
broken. 
"Whether the cuttings ve of hard or St*in.^ultnt growth, they are similarly 
planted, and tho} can be jiihcrted ah afOiUid tut Uje of a pot net over an inch 
apart, and nearly h^ ^'eop as the seooud eye. 
