. The book of the garden. Gardening. 350 HAEDY FKUIT GAEDEN. to the size of the case, and that hermetically closed. We have known them so sent from Edinburgh to Vienna; and further, Dr Falconer, in reference to deciduous cuttings, directs that they be cut early in November, choosing oldish and firm wood, with the greatest number of buds; cover their ends with wax, and roll them up separately in cotton ; make them up in bundles of from six to ten cuttings in each, and envelop them again in cotton covered with paper, and finish with a wrapper of stout silk or cloth, coated on the inside with Ind
. The book of the garden. Gardening. 350 HAEDY FKUIT GAEDEN. to the size of the case, and that hermetically closed. We have known them so sent from Edinburgh to Vienna; and further, Dr Falconer, in reference to deciduous cuttings, directs that they be cut early in November, choosing oldish and firm wood, with the greatest number of buds; cover their ends with wax, and roll them up separately in cotton ; make them up in bundles of from six to ten cuttings in each, and envelop them again in cotton covered with paper, and finish with a wrapper of stout silk or cloth, coated on the inside with India-rubber in the liquid or adhesive state, so that the side and end folds may adhere together for the exclusion of both air and wet. In this way Professor Bal- four states, in " Class Book of Botany," p. 658, " slips have been sent to Saharunpoor via Bom- bay (a distance of 7000 miles from Falmouth), in a state fit for planting when transmitted, in less than two months; and cuttings to be grafted will continue good double that period. Sometimes ringing is had recourse to, in the case of cuttings of plants which are difficult to strike. The interruption of the sap caused by this process has the effect of forming a callosity, which, if inserted in the ground after being separated from the plant, sends out roots freely. Piping is a species of propagation differing not in principle from striking by cuttings. It is applied to pinks, carnations, and similar her- baceous plants having jointed or tubular stems. Pipings should be put in as early as they can be got fit for the purpose, that the plants may be- come strong before winter, which in England is about the endof May or beginning of June. They are taken from the young shoots of the current year's growth. The lower leaves, in the case of pinks, are stripped off to within two or three joints of th^ top of the cutting. The lower part is cut off, close under a joint, with a clean and sharp knife. " When prepared,
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