Abstract: The effect of two-leaf cutting and one-leaf cutting on asexual propagation was studied for 24 feral tea germplasms in three different periods. The results showed that the cutting survival rate, root length, root mumber, cutting height and number of new leaves significantly increased by using two-leaf cutting. The survival rates of two-leaf cuttings of most of the wild plants were higher than one-leaf cuttings. The cutting survival rate of 20 feral tea plants reached > 90%by using two-leaf cutting , whereas only 3 feral tea plants reached > 90% by using one-leaf cutting in the fifth month. Most of 24 feral tea plants were suitable for two-leaf cutting, such as large-leaf varieties (plant NO.4, NO.6, NO.7, NO.21 etc.) and middle-leaf varieties (plant NO.1, NO.8, NO.11, NO.16,NO.18 etc.)．

Key words: cutting, feral tea tree, cutting propagation