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Upon the interior edge of the intended ditch, 

 holes were made about ten inches deep, and two 

 feet from its brow ; and their contents (the turf ex- 

 cepted) were thrown off. In thcfe holes the cut- 

 tings were placed, and a fpade full or two of earth, 

 from different foils previoufly mixed for the pur- 

 pofe, filled up the holes, and fixed the cuttings 

 firmly. Upon opening the ditch foon after plant- 

 ing them, I had the turfs piled round each about 

 a foot above the level. After this the contents 

 of the ditch were thrown up to form the bank, 

 which left the flands in the middle of it. This 

 was the whole procefs refpedling them. A layer of 

 quick was then planted, and the bank guarded with 

 thorns. Thcfe cuttings generally fuccecdcd, and 

 have grown in height at leaft two feet annually fince 

 planting, which was in the fpring 1782, and now 

 meafure from ten to twelve feet from the flope of 

 the bank, vith their branches fo enlarged and ex- 

 tended, as gives me reafon to cxpeCl that in two 

 more winters they will be equal in fize and extent 

 to thofe cuttings from whence they proceeded. I 

 have extended this mode of planting to feveral 

 different fpccies of willows, vhich have alfo fuc- 

 cecdcd, but not equal to the poplars. 



I have reafon to believe, that had thcfe cuttings 

 been larger aiid longer, they would have thriven 



propor- 



