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