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ately, just to keep them moist; and shade them from the hot sun 
in the day. If pipings are covered with a hand-glass, they root 
earlier, by three weeks, than those which are exposed. 
Laying, piping, and slipping, are done in June and July. The 
plants will be well rooted, and fit to plant out, in October. 
The operation of slipping is easy. Tear the top shoots of the 
plant to be so propagated, gently from their sockets; hold the 
shoot between your finger and thumb, as near the socket as you 
can, and it will tear as easily and neatly as you carve the wing 
of poultry or game. Place the slips in water for a few days 
previous to planting them, like pipings. They will root in six 
weeks or two, months, if kept shady and moist. 
Cuttings must be made of shoots of the last year’s growth of 
roses, honeysuckles, &c., and planted in February. Choose the 
strong shoots, and do not cut them less than six inches long. 
Cut them with your knife in a slanting direction. Plant them in 
a shady place, each cutting half way in the ground, which should 
be cleaned, and well dug and raked, to receive them. Cuttings 
made in February will root well by October. 
Cuttings of flower stalks, such as scarlet lychnis, should be 
done in May, June, and July. Take cuttings from the youngest 
flower stems, and plant them carefully in nice mould, like pip¬ 
ings. These flower cuttings should be in lengths of four joints 
each. Covering them with a hand-glass raises them very quickly. 
They root in two months. / 
Where hand-glasses are not to form any part of a lady’s 
arrangements, oil-papered frames are equally useful. I have 
seen very economical and useful frames made of bamboo, in the 
form of hand-glasses, covered neatly with glazed white cotton or 
linen, or horn paper, made by a lady with great celerity and in¬ 
genuity ; and her cuttings and pipings succeeded under them 
admirably. Whatever shelters cuttings and pipings from the 
