Cuttings Sentence Examples

Cuttings, if they have a single bud, strike readily.

Every time a carpenter saws fresh timber with a saw recently put through wood attacked with dry-rot, he risks infecting it with the Fungus; and similarly in pruning, in propagating by cuttings, &c.

On the one hand he may make the line follow the natural inequalities of the ground as nearly as may be, avoiding the elevations and depressions by curves; or on the other he may aim at making it as nearly straight and level as possible by taking it through the elevations in cuttings or tunnels and across the depressions on embankments or bridges.

An endeavour is made so to plan the works of a railway that the quantity of earth excavated in cuttings shall be equal to the quantity required for the embankments; but this is not always practicable, and it is sometimes advantageous to obtain the earth from some source close to the embankment rather than incur the expense of hauling it from a distant cutting.

In many parts of the country soils exhibiting such relationships, and known as sedentary soils, are prevalent, the transition from the soil to the rock beneath being plainly visible in sections exposed to view in railway cuttings, quarries and other excavations.

It is a small bush propagated from cuttings which are left to grow for three years; the leaves are then stripped, except a few buds which develop next year into young shoots, these being cut and sold in bunches under the name of khat mubarak; next year on the branches cut back new shoots grow; these are sold as khat malhani, or second-year kat, which commands the highest price.

They are increased by cuttings, and grown in a cool greenhouse in rough peaty soil, with a slight addition of loam and sand.

Cuttings strike readily in spring before growth has commenced; they should be potted in 3-in.

Many plants can be far more easily propagated thus than by cuttings.

When removed from the plant and treated as cuttings or grafts, such sports may be perpetuated.

Such a plant must needs be propagated by cuttings.

Sand is by itself of little value except for striking cuttings, for which purpose fine clean sharp silver sand is the best; and a somewhat coarser kind, if it is gritty, is to be preferred to the comminuted sands which contain a large proportion of earthy matter.

There are great differences to be observed in the selection and treatment of cuttings.

Cuttings should in all cases be taken from healthy plants, and from shoots of a moderate degree of vigour.

Young shoots which have become moderately firm generally make the best cuttings, but sometimes the very softest shoots strike more readily.

For all indoor plants in a growing state spring is a good time for taking cuttings, but at any time during the summer months is also favourable if cuttings are obtainable.

Cuttings of deciduous plants should be taken off after the fall of the leaf.

These cuttings should be about 6 in.

Gooseberries, currants, roses and many hardy 'deciduous trees and shrubs are easily propagated in this way if the cuttings are inserted in welldrained soil about the end of October or early in November.

Cuttings of growing plants are prepared by removing with a sharp knife, and moderately close, the few leaves which would otherwise be buried in the soil; they are then cut clean across just below a joint; the fewer the leaves thus removed, however, the better, as if kept from being exhausted they help to supply the elaborated sap out of which the roots are formed.

Hardy plants, such as pinks, pansies, &c., are propagated by cuttings planted a during early summer in light rich soil.

The treatment is precisely like that of branch cuttings.

Gloxinias, begonias, &c., grow readily from fragments of the leaves cut clean through the thick veins and ribs, and planted edgewise like cuttings.

The root cuttings of rose-stocks are prepared and treated in a similar way.

Many of the free-growing soft-wooded plants may also be grown from cuttings of single joints of the young wood, where rapid increase is desired; and in the case of opposite-leaved plants two cuttings may often be made from one joint by splitting the stem longitudinally, each cutting consisting of a leaf and a perfect bud attached to half the thickness of the stem.

Thus shallow square or oblong wooden boxes, made of light, inexpensive wood, are very useful for seedsowing, for pricking out seedlings, or for planting cuttings.

Showy rockwork or front row border plants of easy culture in any light soil; the plants should be frequently renewed from cuttings.

It clothes the chalk cuttings on some English railways with a sheet of colour in the blooming season.

Put plants of fuchsias, petunias, verbenas, heliotropes, salvias and other soft-wooded subjects, into a propagating house to obtain cuttings, &c., for the flower garden.

Begin to propagate greenhouse plants by cuttings; also coleuses by cuttings in heat, potting them off as soon as rooted.

Continue to propagate the finer sorts of dahlias, both by cuttings and by division of the roots.

Propagate rare and fine plants by cuttings or grafting; increase bouvardias by cuttings, and grow on for winter flowering.

Pot off tender annuals, and cuttings of half-hardy greenhouse plants put in during February to get them well established for use in the flower garden.

Cuttings of border chrysanthemums may now be dibbled in a warm spot out of doors.

Pot off all rooted cuttings.

Put in cuttings of the different desirable species which are now fit for that purpose.

Propagate plants of which more stock is required either by cuttings or by dividing the roots.

Gather and dry herbs; also propagate these by slips and cuttings.

Sow seed of herbaceous calceolarias; shift heaths, if they require it; cut down pelargoniums past flowering, and plant the cuttings.

Propagate herbaceous and other plants that have gone out of flower, by means of cuttings and slips, especially those required for spring bedding; propagate also the various summer bedding plants increased by cuttings.

Increase roses and American shrubs, by layering, budding or cuttings, and go on with the layering of carnations and picotees.

Plant cuttings of bedding plants, and of bedding pelargoniums in boxes for convenience of removal.

Transplant evergreens in moist weather, about the end of the month; and propagate them by layers and cuttings.

Pot hyacinths, tulips and other bulbs for forcing; and propagate half-hardy plants by cuttings.

Put in cuttings of bedding pelargoniums in boxes, which may stand outdoors exposed to the sun, but should be sheltered from excessive rains.

Plant evergreens; lay and put in cuttings of most of the hard-wooded sorts of shrubby plants October Kitchen Garden.

Put in cuttings of bedding calceolarias, choosing the shoots that will not run up to flower.

Cut down plants of chrysanthemums, which should be placed in a cool pit, near the glass, in order to afford hard sturdy cuttings in February.

Plants from cuttings struck last month may now be shifted, and the propagation of all plants that are likely to be wanted should be continued.

Cuttings of bedding plants may now be made freely if wanted for next season, as young cuttings rooted in the fall make better plants for next spring's use than old plants, in the case of such soft-wooded plants as pelargoniums, fuchsias, verbenas, heliotropes, &c.; with roses and plants of a woody nature, however, the old plants usually do best.

Fruit trees and grape vines generally should be pruned; and, if the wood of the vine is wanted for cuttings, or scions of fruit trees for grafts, they should be tied in small bundles and buried in the ground until spring.

It may be propagated from seed or from cuttings.

They are increased by cuttings in spring, which when taken off with a heel strike freely in brisk heat.

Lucerne and a trefoil called shaftal form important fodder crops in the western parts of the country, and, when irrigated, are said to afford ten or twelve cuttings in the season.

The aspen is readily propagated either by cuttings or suckers, but has been but little planted of late years in Britain.

The plants are rapidly-growing, hardy, ornamental climbers, which flourish in common garden soil, and are readily propagated by cuttings.

The most ancient of these, it is now agreed, is the fragmentary copy of the Iliad, on vellum, in the Ambrosian Library of Milan, which consists of cuttings of the coloured drawings with which the volume was adorned in illustration of the various scenes of the In 1897 Illorin was occupied by the forces of the Royal Niger Company, and the emir placed himself "entirely under the protection and power of the company."

C. Darwin believed, however, that there were indications that it occasionally occurred in plants, where it can be best observed, owing to the circumstance that so many plants are propagated by cuttings or buds, which really continue the existence of the same individual almost indefinitely.

They may be propagated by seed (though owing to the rare occurrence of fruit, this method is seldom applicable), by division and by cuttings.

By far the most useful crops are leguminous green manures, especially alfalfa, which grows four to seven cuttings in a year and as a soil flocculator and nitrogen-storer has proved of the greatest value.

Hybridization also is very uncertain, and is very difficult to carry out effectually; hence the method of propagating the best varieties by cuttings has been adopted, except in the case of those which do not strike readily, as in C. Ledgeriana, in which the plants are grown from the shoots of felled trees.

The first Dutch settlers planted small vineyards, while the cuttings of French vines introduced by the Huguenots about 1688 have given rise to an extensive culture in the southwestern districts of the colony.

Chips and cuttings are ground up and mixed with india-rubber to form kamptulicon floor-cloth, or "cork-carpet."

No fewer than seventeen cuttings have been made, reducing the original course of the river by 75 m.

Cuttings have also been made where necessary, and the widths of the channel are 487 yds.

This work, designed in 1857, but unexecuted during a quarter of a century, owing to insufficiency of funds, was completed in 1882; and in 1886, after other comparatively short cuttings had been made to get rid of difficult bends and further to deepen the channel without having to resort to dredgers, the desired minimum depth of 15 ft.

Since that date a series of new cuttings has been made.

The normal annual expenditure amounts to about L56,000, while 24,000 is generally allotted to extraordinary works, such as new cuttings, &c. Between 1857 and 1905 a sum of about one and three quarter millions sterling was spent on engineering works, including the construction of quays, lighthouses, workshops and buildings, &c. Sulina from being a collection of mud hovels has developed into a town with 5000 inhabitants; a well-found hospital has been established where all merchant sailors receive gratuitous treatment; lighthouses, quays, floating elevators and an efficient pilot service all combine to make it a first-class port.

The railway from Madrid to Segovia passes through a tunnel close to the Guatlarrama Pass; and the railway from Madrid to Avila traverses the south-western portion of the range through a remarkable series of tunnels and cuttings.

Young nettles, grass cuttings and comfrey are good natural activators.

Easily propagated from cuttings and kept indoors over winter, or use as annual.

How can I stop grass cuttings from sticking to the bottom of my green-lidded garden waste bin?

Join and you will soon feel the satisfaction of growing your own bonsai from various sources - seeds, cuttings, nursery stock.

Young, bare trees are planted in the motorway cuttings like serried ranks of upturned witches ' broomsticks.

I am trying to grow chrysanthemums this next year for showing, can anyone help with stools or cuttings early next year.

To harvest the cuttings they use a circular saw at ground level.

Leave the potted cuttings in a closed cold frame during winter and transplant next spring.

It can be propagated by cuttings, plant division or seed.

Most of my time was spent potting all the rooted aspen cuttings.

In the cuttings we were sheltered from the wind, but they were very dank and gloomy.

Cultivars should be propagated by division or cuttings only.

The prisoners blasted through rock formations to form cuttings.

These old hand cuttings provide additional habitat diversity and are an integral part of the natural hydrology of the bog.

Examples include woodland clearings and rides, calcareous grassland, coastal landslips, abandoned quarries, disused railroad cuttings, and limestone pavements.

Leaf bud cuttings Camelias can be increased by leaf bud cuttings Camelias can be increased by leaf bud cuttings.

Wellsite lithology logs often display cuttings lithology data in one column and interpreted lithology in another.

They put out tubes holding cuttings of milkweed stems with two leaves, whole potted milkweed plants, and microscope slides coated with glycerin.

Cuttings are set in a rooting mixture of two parts sand to one part peat moss, which should be barely moist.

An alternative is to cover the entire potato growing area with a thick mulch of old hay, or straw mixed with grass cuttings.

Use a mixture of layered waste such as autumn leaves, grass cuttings, raw vegetable peeling or shredded paper.

Above is an example of freshly potted cuttings grown in trays.

The cuttings will also need a lot of light to prevent them becoming straggly.

Place dahlia tubers in trays to start into growth to provide new shoots for cuttings.

The exposed rocks of road cuttings sometimes support the Blue Rock Thrush, a winter visitor.

The type of process for composting garden cuttings is called ' open windrow composting ' .

Once the stem has become woody, hardwood cuttings are taken.

The grey and white poplars are usually multiplied by long cuttings; the growth is so rapid in a moist loamy soil that, according to Loudon, cuttings 9 ft.

The natives are in the habit of making holes in the aa, and planting in them banana shoots or sweet-potato cuttings, and though the holes are simply filled with stones or fern leaves, the plants grow and in due time are productive.

For some cuttings, pots filled with light soil, with the protection of the propagating-house and of bell-glasses, are requisite; but for many of our hardy deciduous trees and shrubs no such precautions are necessary, and the insertion of a short shoot about half its length into moist and gritty ground at the proper season suffices to ensure its growth.

Most people keep a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings - especially if any of their family or friends has died in a strange boating accident.

Root softwood cuttings in early summer, or hardwood cuttings in winter.

More sophisticated equipment is available for cuttings taken on a larger scale.

Once the cuttings are inserted into the soil, I trim the remaining leaves in half to cut down on transpiration loss.

The type of process for composting garden cuttings is called ' open windrow composting '.

Windrow composting involved several large heaps ranging from fresh garden cuttings to brown compost.

The leaves that you mulch turn into fine cuttings, eliminating the bagging and blowing process.

An arbor with cuttings from the flowers in the garden makes a photo ready backdrop for the bride and groom and showcases the garden's beauty.

They are useful among the taller and more graceful plants for the flower garden, and are easily raised from seed and cuttings.

Increased by layers or cuttings in autumn, or from suckers.

Increase by seeds, root-cuttings, layers, or cuttings of the ripened shoots, rooted under glass in the autumn.

Increase by suckers, layers, and ripe autumn cuttings rooted under a handlight in sandy soil.

Increase by seeds and by cuttings of half-ripe shoots, which root with some difficulty.

Most bramble plantings are established either from root cuttings or plants.

The scarcer sorts are commonly budded, but there is no need for this, seeing that all can be layered, or raised from seed or cuttings.

It grows freely in a dry porous soil, and in default of seed may be increased by cuttings taken in early summer; but seed is in every way best.

Easily propagated by seeds or cuttings, and thriving best in light sandy soil.

Increased by cuttings, not coming true from seed.

Readily increased by cuttings or portions of the root-stock, the bases of the stems being furnished with rootlets.

It is nearly related to the Mock Oranges, which it resembles, but is handsomer; thrives in light warm soil, and increased from suckers, cuttings, or seeds.

It is hardy in warm, well-drained nooks of the rock garden, and is increased by cuttings.

It is a good plan to take root cuttings in August or September, winter them in a greenhouse, and in spring to put them in a warm place, where they will soon produce plenty of cuttings.

These cuttings may be struck on slight heat like Verbenas, potted on, made to grow rapidly, so as to be fit to plant out at the end of May when danger of frost is past.

Increase by half-ripe cuttings of the young shoots, rooted in heat.

If a plant is cut down close to the ground, there soon spring up a number of young shoots, which can be taken off as cuttings, and which strike with freedom.

The plants may be raised from seeds and from cuttings.

The culture of all the varieties is of the simplest nature; cuttings strike freely in any sandy soil in a moist heat of 70degree.

Cuttings inserted in a close and warm frame during summer root with little trouble, and soon form good plants.

Easily propagated by cuttings taken in September or April, and put in slight heat, and also raised from seed sown in heat in spring.

Dahlias may be propagated by cuttings, root-division, and seed, the last way being used only where new kinds are sought.

Cuttings are the means adopted by the specialists, though division of the roots is also practised by the amateur.

If started in February or March in a temperature of 60 degrees to 70 degrees F., each crown will produce three or four cuttings every two or three days.

When the crowns have supplied all the cuttings that can be got from them they may be divided, and therefore nothing is lost.

Cuttings may be successfully struck during the summer months; but this is unusual except in the case of choice varieties, or when pot roots are desired for the following year.

Three-inch pots are best for putting the cuttings into, one or two in each pot.

To raise seedlings, sow the seed in heat in February, and treat the young plants in the same way as cuttings.

The plant needs good soil and a warm place, and is increased by seeds, or cuttings of the ripened shoots rooted under glass.

After much trouble I was able to get a few little cuttings of the Mimosa-leaved form from a friend at Orleans.

Increase by seeds, which ripen in September, or soft cuttings rooted under glass.

They strike best when placed on a gentle bottom-heat, and will winter in any position where there is plenty of light, and the temperature does not go below 40 degrees Cuttings.

Easily multiplied by division of the tufts, or by cuttings of the roots in spring.

Shoots of the rambling kinds root from the points almost as readily as a bramble, and cuttings strike freely.

Cuttings, if secured with a heel attached when quite young and inserted without further ado in sandy soil in a handlight, root freely in early summer.

They are among the most easily grown of plants, and readily increased from seeds, cuttings, division, or root-cuttings.

Cuttings taken in autumn will root slowly on a greenhouse shelf, but need careful watering in winter.

With us it rarely ripens seed, but is easily increased in spring by cuttings of the roots, an inch long, pricked into pans of light sandy soil and placed on a shelf in the greenhouse.

Division or by cuttings taken in early spring.

Hollyhocks may be propagated by single eyes, put in in July and August, and also by cuttings put in in spring, on a slight hot-bed.

Some of the stools will have numerous growths starting from them, and unless the plants have a little heat early in the year, many of the cuttings cannot flower the same season.

Increase by seeds, or cuttings rooted under glass during summer and early autumn.

There are male and female forms, and, although the tree may be increased by cuttings, it is better raised from seed.

If preserved in a frame during winter, after the manner of bedding Lobelias, it is perennial, and may be propagated in spring by cuttings.

Propagated in spring by cuttings or seeds, the plants being grown in rich light soil till planted out in a warm position.

Laurustinus can be struck from cuttings.

Dwarf Lobelias may be propagated by seeds or cuttings.

For ensuring stock for propagating in spring, a batch of cuttings should be rooted in August from plants cut back a month earlier.

These youthful examples are infinitely superior to worn-out lifted stock, and yield quantities of vigorous cuttings for February and March propagation.

The cuttings should be potted by the end of May, and treated in the same way as seedlings.

It is a hardy perennial, and is increased by suckers from the roots and by cuttings, which root readily.

It is hardy, and perennial on most soils, and is easily propagated by cuttings or division in autumn or spring.

It succeeds best in light soils, and is easily increased by seeds, layers, or cuttings of the ripened shoots in autumn.

Cuttings root fairly readily, and flower earlier than seedlings.

The Osmanthuses may all be propagated by cuttings, and although it takes longer to obtain plants on their own roots they are much to be preferred to those grafted on the privet.

Cuttings should be taken in August when the wood has become firm, and they may be struck in a cool propagating frame.--W.

Cuttings should be rooted in July, and the young plants grown on in pots and wintered in a frame or cool greenhouse.

The Planes are easily increased by cuttings and layers, but planters should in all cases avoid them, as they cannot expect from such beginnings the fine, rapid, natural growth and true form of the tree.

Easily multiplied from cuttings, which plants freely produce if placed in heat in January, but it is only useful where sub-tropical plants are put out for the fine months in sheltered dells.

Cuttings taken off in late summer and kept in a cold frame during winter make good plants in two years, but by layering one gets earlier and larger plants.

Increased by seeds and by root cuttings in winter.

The best method of increase is by root cuttings, which may be inserted from October to March.

It is readily increased either by cuttings or layers, or by seeds sown as soon as the berries shrivel on the stems.

These plants are well worth growing by lakes or in boggy ground, and are easily increased by cuttings, which soon make good flowering specimens.

Aubrietias are easy to naturalise in rocky places, and may be easily got from seeds, cuttings (young unflowered pieces being the best), or by division.

Both are easily increased by seed or cuttings, and are useful for the mixed border, the spring garden, and for naturalising in bare or rocky spots.

America, and is increased by division cuttings, or seeds, but does not seed freely in this country.

Increase by cuttings of the ripened shoots, root-cuttings, layers, and suckers when these can be had.

California. Seeds are not abundantly produced, but the plants may be increased from cuttings of half-matured shoots in summer, but it often perishes, and seeds should give the most enduring plants.

Cuttings of recent growth of 3 inches or so long are the best, and if made to a joint in the usual way and inserted in sandy soil in a cold frame, will, if kept close and fairly moist, root to almost cent. per cent.

It may be increased by cuttings, but best by seed.

Cuttings taken towards the end of the summer before the wood is too hard root readily, they can also be increased by division.

Failing seed, the only way to increase the Stokesia is by means of root cuttings in winter, and these inserted in pots of sandy soil in the greenhouse soon make useful plants.

They may be increased by root cuttings, layers, and also by seed.

The shrubby kinds are easily increased in July and August if young shoots are used as cuttings.

It is always prudent to lift a few or strike a potful of cuttings in case of accident, though in spring the old plants may be divided to any extent.

It is increased from cuttings, and is a hardy wall plant in mild seashore districts, but not so common, owing to the cold in inland districts.

They will then come well into flower when put out in May; whereas, if they are topped for spring cuttings, both lots will be small and late.

Short young tops should be used for cuttings, and may be inserted pretty thickly in the cutting-pots.

Both are of easy culture, thriving in open borders of good deep soil, and increased by seeds, cuttings, or division of the roots.

The growth outwards is almost equal to that in height, and this spreading tendency is fostered when stock is grown from cuttings instead of seed.

Cuttings inserted in August root freely, and may be wintered in the greenhouse if kept fairly dry, otherwise they will damp off.

Cuttings root easily in spring, and grow fast when put out in a sheltered position and rich light soil.

Most vines can be increased by cuttings or by single "eyes" treated as in the Grape Vine, though some can only be raised by seeds.

Those that refuse to root from cuttings can sometimes be layered.

It grows best in a mixture of sandy peat and leaf-mould, with plenty of moisture during growth, and is increased by cuttings.

They can be propagated by root cuttings in winter or division in spring.

It was introduced to English gardens during the Victorian period, but it was grown from cuttings instead of seed.

If the seeds don't germinate, you can still have more plants, because jasminum mesnyi is extremely easy to propagate by layering or cuttings.

This is a great way to propagate your wildflower pink, though cuttings can also be taken.

You should plan on starting an indoor herb garden either with seeds, purchased plants or cuttings.

Cuttings can be placed into the non-soil potting mix and kept moist until roots form.

While pinks are easily propagated from both seeds and cuttings, starting with large, healthy plants establishes these cheerful flowers on a stronger footing.

Take cuttings of your favorite plants such as geraniums, or pot them up and move them indoors.

They'll thrive again in the cool early spring and offer several cuttings of tasty green, leafy vegetables.

If the plant has produced seeds, you may want to try to save the seed pods and start them indoors to grow new plants (although clematis is mostly grown through cuttings).

Santa Barbara County has a history of winemaking and winegrape growing stretching back more than 200 years to before California was a state (Father Junipero Serra brought grapevine cuttings from Mexico in 1782 to be planted).

Another legend has it that Italian monks, also invaded by what is described as a "barbaric" people, fled from their native Italy to France, also bringing Pinot Noir vine cuttings with them.

For example, ask the psychic if she would consider a "trade", such as so many home-cooked meals, lawn cuttings or even house cleanings.

Cuttings from evergreens and hollies can be used to make wreaths or swags-simply tie them to a wreath form or a piece of rope or twine with florist wire.

Another fun way to use holly cuttings is to stick a bunch into a foam ball, making sure the whole ball is covered.

They are propagated by cuttings, or from the leaves, which are cut off and pricked in welldrained pots of sandy soil, or by the scales from the underground tubes, which are rubbed off and sown like seeds, or by the seeds, which are very small.

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Cuttings are reduced to a minimum; and where the roads are sufficiently wide, the rails are laid on the margins.

On the margins of the plateau there are several gaps or indentations, which can best be likened to gigantic trenches, like railway cuttings, as with an insensible gradient they climb to a higher level.

Near the ferry are a row of long parallel cuttings in the rock, which must be remains of the ancient docks, each being intended to take a ship.

Of the stage nothing but cuttings in the rock for foundations are visible.

Cuttings in the rock for the foundations of such are numerous round the south edge of Temenites and Achradina, and are to be seen at various points near the city wall.

Surplus plants and cuttings are generally distributed without charge to educational or charitable institutions, and to the poor.

They are readily propagated from cuttings taken in the spring or at the end of the summer.

The plant is readily propagated by cuttings, a piece of the stem bearing buds at its nodes will root rapidly when placed in sufficiently moist ground.

In the province of Settsu granite everywhere predominates, which may be observed also in the railway cuttings between Hiogo and Osaka, as well as in the temples and walls of these towns.

The lines are single, for the most part; and as the embankments, the cuttings, the culverts and the bridge-piers have not been constructed for a double line, any change now would be very costly.

Ancient cuttings on the hills west of Bezwada have been held by some to mark the site of a Buddhist monastery; by others they are considered to have been quarries.

In some instances buds form on the roots, and may be used for purposes of propagation, as in the Japan quince, the globe thistle, the sea holly, some sea lavenders, Bocconia, Acanthus, &c. Of the tendency in buds to assume an independent existence gardeners avail themselves in the operations of striking " cuttings," and making " layers " and " pipings," as also in budding and grafting.

In the case of the more delicate plants, the formation of roots is preceded by the production from the cambium of the cuttings of a succulent mass of tissue, the callus.

The most successful mode of forming roots is to place the cuttings in a mild bottom-heat, which expedites their growth, even in the case of many hardy plants whose cuttings strike roots in the open soil.

Cuttings of deciduous trees and shrubs succeed best if planted early in autumn while the soil still retains the solar heat absorbed during summer.

For evergreens August or September, and for greenhouse and stove-plants the spring and summer months, are the times most suitable for propagation by cuttings.

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