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Garpinus, (Hornbeam.) — Seeds, as soon as ripe, or kept dry till spring; 

 suckers and layers for the varieties; layers for common plants are inferior to 

 seedlings. Common soil. 



Cedrus, (Cedar.) — Seeds in March; cuttings under a hand light; C. deodara 

 by grafting on common Cedar or Larch. Deep sandy soil. 



Fraxinus, (Ash.) — Seeds and grafts. Dry deep loam. (Seeds sometimes do 

 not vegetate till second year.) 



Fagus, (Beech.) — Seeds and grafts. Loamy soil over chalk. The Morel 

 and the Truffle are found chiefly under Beech trees. 



Ilex^ (Holly.) — Seeds, (kept in a rot-heap for a twelvemonth to rot the 

 pulp,.) grafts, and buds, the first in March, and second in July; cuttings of 

 the ripened summer shoots in autumn under glass. Soil, sandy loam. 



Juglans, (Walnut.) — Nuts sown when ripe, or in following spring; grafting 

 and budding for the rare species and varieties. Deep loam. 



Pyrus, (Pear, Apple, and Quince.) — Seeds for stocks and new varieties; 

 particular sorts by buds and grafts on wild sorts, and thorns; also by suckers. 

 Good garden soil. 



Popidus, (Poplar.) — Seeds, sown in moist soil, slightly covered, as soon as 

 they fall from the trees; cuttings of ripened shoots; also layers and suckers. 

 Deep moist loam, 



Platanus, (Plane Tree.) — Seeds in autumn or spring; cuttings in spring and 

 autumn; but most quickly by layers at the above periods. Deep mellow loam, 



Quercm, (Oak,) — Acorns, as soon as they fall from the trees; particular 

 varieties by grafts. Deep loamy soil, 



Robinia, (Locust Tree,) (?) — Tender kinds, from cuttings of young wood in 

 sand, under glass; seeds in autumn or spring; cuttings of the shoots and also 

 of the roots, and by suckers and layers, 



Salix, (Willow.) — Cuttings of ripened shoots in autuinn; dwarf kinds struck 

 in summer under glass, Mois,t soil. 



Tilia, (Lime, or Linden Tree.) — Seeds in March or April; principally by 

 layers in autumn. Deep loam. 



Taccus, (Yew.) — Seeds in October or spring; cuttings, ten inches in length, 

 lower half deprived of leaves, in sand, in a shady part, in April and August. 

 Deep loam, 



Ulmus, (Elm.) — Seeds in June, March, or April, Z7. cavtpestris, and its 

 allies, by suckers, layers, and grafts on U. montana, layers of which root 

 freely. Deep dry sandy loam. 



Pinus, (The Pine tribe, including Firs and Larches.) —Chiefly by seeds; 

 scarce sorts by cuttings, layers, and grafts. Deep rich loam. 



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