How Cuttings Are Made 
This nursery worker is making up 
“Rosa Multiflora Japonica” cuttings, eight 
inches long, from full length limbs. The cut¬ 
ter pictured is of the old tobacco, or cheese- 
cutter type, and is operated by a foot pedal. 
Each handful of cuttings, after the 
weak or irregular ones are discarded, are laid 
in the open ended box for convenience in ty¬ 
ing in bunches of two hundred. 
Of the scores of root stocks obtain¬ 
able, Multiflora Japonica is the one that 
seems most universally adapted to the va¬ 
rious climatic conditions of the U. S. 
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