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Item The Effect of Growth Substances on the Stimulation of Root Growth in Cuttings of Coffea Arab(November, 1937) Gillett, S.; Jackson, T.H; Scott Agricultural Laboratories, Department of Agriculture, Kenya Colony,Previous attempts to root cuttings of Coffea arabica at the Scott Agricultural Laboratories, although not completely negative, have given a poor percentage of success. The first trial carried out in which cuttings were treated with Hortomone" A"(1 part in 320 parts of water) for a period of eighteen hours prior to planting in the propagator gave results sufficiently conclusive to prove that a definite initiation of root growth had been obtained. These results led to the laying down of an experiment which is described below.