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in moss, said or sawdust in a cellar until spring. (See page 87.)There is IIO general rult~ to govern the length of hardwoodmtt ings. Most propagatorsjmfer t.0 iua,kcb them (i to 10iiic~hes long, as this is a coinvenientlength to handle,hilt the shorter length is prefcrablc.Two buds are alwaysto be taken, oue budor one pair at the top mclone at the bottom, hut in“ short-jointed ” plaints umre~~ucls are retained. Scmletin33 :t!l but the top budsarc’ reinc:Ved to preyent thestarting of shoots or sproutsunderground. (Grape cuttingsare now cotnnionl~~ cut totwo !x three buds (as in Fig. ,!KS), two being the fal-mitenumber for most mrietics.Currant anal gooseherr~~ c*ut- E’I (;. 112.tings (Fig. 111) usuall~~ hear.I well-rootcrt cutkg of fig.six to ttm buds. All lmg l~arrlwootl cutt.iligs are set perpendicularly,or nearly SO, and only oue or two buds are allowedto stand above the surface. A hardwood cutting of fig,after it. ha5 made roots and a terminal shoot, is shown inFig. II:! (Reiiuer, N. C Bull. 208).When the stock is rare,cuttiiqs are made of singleFIG. 113. Single-eye grape cutting (x 1).eyes or buds. This is par-*titularly the case with thegrape, and c~rirraiit~ md inmy other plants arc occasionallygrown in the saimt way. Fig. 113 shows a single-eye grape