In this study, three cuttings, 1-year-old with terminal bud, 1-year-old without terminal bud and 2-year- old hard branches of Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’, each were applied four types of cutting substrates, named M1 (equal volume of sand and perlite), M2 (equal volume of sand and vermiculite), M3 (equal volume of perlite and vermiculite) and M4 (equal volume of sand and perlite and vermiculite) separately, as well as applied IBA and NAA at different mass concentration ratios. The effects of cutting type, substrate type and exogenous hormones ...