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PXOP.-1GA TIOA;’ LiY MEANS OF CUTTIXGS 8?Ilotton~ hatSoil somewhat warmer thau the air is essential to the bests~ic’w‘ss with cut tirigs. Bottom or root growth should precedetop growth, and this is aided by bottom heat. This heat maybe two or thnv dcgrces, or three or four t.imes that much,highthr than the tcq.keraturt~ of the atmosphere.In outdoor work, this heat is supplied by the natural warmthof the soil iI? spring at~d summer, and it is often intensified by__.Flti. s+. Nurserynwl’Y frmes ill 2 yard. prcltcctccl 1,s tnuvlir~ canopies.bur,&g hard-wooded cuttings bottom cud up for a time beforeplanting them , altllough there may be other reasons and benefitsin the inversiotl of cuttiugs. This inverting of cuttings isoften ptxctktv1 with grapq particula’rly with t,he Delawarean(l otlww that root jvith some difficulty. The cuttings aretkd in bunclles and truritad iu a sandy place, with the tops down,the butts t)ciug covt~red 2 or 3 inches with sand. The)no)- btr put in this position iii autumii and allowed to remail1until the ground bt~gius to freeze hard, or the)- may be buriedii-1 spring aucl allowed to remain until May or June and then