August, 1915 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
47 
The Art of Taking Cuttings 
(Continued from page 29) 
needful to procure a healthy shoot; with 
hard-wooded and shrubby examples the 
cutting should be formed of a young but 
a moderately ripened portion. Some 
plants strike best when they are in a cer¬ 
tain degree of ripeness, and actual expe¬ 
rience is the only way in which these 
points can be discovered. 
It is well to leave the foliage on the 
cuttings. Leaves near the lower portion 
of the shoot may be gently pulled away, 
though care must be exercised in order to 
avoid injuring the buds at the bases of 
the stalks. 
The soil in which cuttings are placed 
should always be light and sandy. It is 
well to sterilize it by baking, or pouring 
boiling water over it before use. This 
kills the germs of mould, which will often 
play havoc with delicate subjects. It is 
an excellent rule to allow for a layer of 
pure sand on the top of the soil in which 
the cuttings are placed. This helps to 
keep the shoot in place and makes it easy 
for the first roots to start. The end of 
the cutting should just project into the 
actual soil. Pots, pans or boxes are all 
suitable for the starting of cuttings, and 
these are strongly to be recommended 
even where the process of striking is be¬ 
ing carried on out of doors. It is not 
always easy to manage cuttings in the 
open border. Where heat is available it 
may be borne in mind that nearly all soft- 
wooded plants root more freely under the 
influence of a little bottom heat. Wher¬ 
ever the foliage is of a delicate nature, 
or of such a character that it will wilt 
quickly, some means of checking transpi¬ 
ration must be adopted. The best plan 
is to cover with bell glasses, old jars, 
or tumblers, or, in the case of boxes and 
pans, sheets of glass. Most cuttings, es¬ 
pecially of the soft-wooded kind, root 
more freely if they are rather closely con¬ 
fined. As soon as they have actually se¬ 
cured a hold, however, it is important to 
give them a shift on, as will be explained 
later. It is well to avoid crowding too 
many cuttings into one receptacle. Where 
a pot is being used plant the cuttings 
around the outside, as shown in the ac¬ 
companying photograph. Keep a sharp 
lookout for dead or withered foliage; 
this must be removed at once, as it is 
likely to breed mould. Some cuttings will 
take a long time to root, and this is the 
case with many shrubs. Never despair 
so long as the foliage appears to be fresh. 
To secure the best results some plants 
should be treated in rather a special way. 
Thus it is a good plan with roses always 
to arrange that the end of the cutting has 
a “heel” on it. A glance at the picture ac¬ 
companying this article will show the 
meaning of the phrase. Some plants, like 
begonias and gloxinias, are readily pro¬ 
pagated (and indeed many of the best 
specimens are produced in this way) 
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