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required to be propagated, and take any of the 

 young shoots that have made eighteen inches or 

 two feet in length, bend them gently to the 

 ground, and make fast by a peg, stone, or block ; 

 they will in a few days take a set in this form ; 

 then, under the part that has come in contact with 

 the soil, make a hole four inches deep, and about 

 the same width ; have a portion of prepared sandy 

 rich loam (if your soil is not naturally such) at 

 hand ; bend the shoot in the hole, and look for a 

 bud so situated as to come about three inches 

 under the surface ; then take a very sharp knife, 

 and commence by cutting off all the leaves that 

 will be under ground ; introduce the blade just 

 below the bud and cut upwards so as to cut about 

 half-way through, and make a slit about two inch- 

 es long, thereby forming what gardeners call a 

 " tongue ;" this should be done at the side or back 

 part of the shoot ; and to prevent the tongue from 

 closing, introduce a portion of the soil, or a chip 

 of any hard substance, which will keep it open; 

 then lay it carefully in the space prepared, and fill 

 up with the fresh compost, leaving the top of the 

 shoot in as upright a position as possible; to finish, 

 make it fast to a small rod to prevent the wind 

 from blowing it about. The tongue should not be 

 in the very spot that forms the bow, as thereby 



