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PROl’,4Cr’A TlO,V BY MEANS OF CUTTINGS 89
able for cuttings. A double pot, with moisture supplied in a
surrounrling ~w~hion of sphagnum moss, is seen in Fig. 3.
Xeui~mm’s cutting-pot is shown in Fig.
90. This contains an inverted pot in the
center, n,, designed to supply drainage and
t,o admit 1lea.t into tlic center of the mass of
soil.
A goocI method of striking difficult sub- IZIG. DO. Neumann’s
cutting-pot.
Jects is as follows : Fill a saucer with moss ;
on this place an invert~cd flower-pot ; insert the cutting through
thr hole in the bottom of the pot, so that it stands in the
moss and almost touches the saucer ; keep the moss moist.
LSonle kind of protect,ion, commonly combined with bottom
heat, is given cuttings of the soft and growing parts. In indoor
FIG. 91. Cut,ting-bench shaded wit,h lath.
work, n~iy of the devices ~xmxd above may be employed, but
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a bos lke that showr~ in Fig. SO IS oue of the most useful for