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ming them ready for planting, by shortening 

 the long straggling fibres, and culling off any 

 •knobbed part of the old root that may ad- 

 here to the bottom, leaving only il.c fibres 

 arising from the young wood ; though it is pro- 

 bable some will appear with hardly any i" 

 but as the bottom part having i under 



ground, and contiguous to the root of the main 

 plant, is naturally disposed to send forth fibres 

 forrooting, preparatory to planting them out, the 

 stems of the shrub and tree wickers should like- 

 wisc be trimmed occasionally, by cutting off all 

 lower laterals ; and any having long, slender, 

 and weak lops, or such as are intended to as- 

 sume a more dwarfish or bushv growth, may be 

 shortened at top in proportion, to from about 

 half a foot to one or two feet in length, ac- 

 cording to their nature or strength ; and others 

 that are more strong, or that are designed to 

 run up with taller stems, may have their tops 

 left entire, or shortened but little: when thus 

 taken up and trimmed, they should he planted 

 out in rows in the nursery ; the weak suckers 

 separately in close rows ; and also the shortened 

 and stronger plants each separately in wider 

 rows ; so that the rows may be from one to two 

 feet asunder, in proportion to the size and 

 strength of the suckers : and after being thus 

 planted out, they should have the common 

 nursery culture of cleaning from weeds in sum- 

 mer, and digging the ground between the rows 

 in winter, Jcc, and in from one to two or three 

 years thev will be a proper size for planting out 

 where they are to remain : and some kinds of 

 trees, &c, produce suckers strongeuou^h in one 

 season to be fit for planting where thev are to 

 reman : as some sorts of roses, and numerous 

 ether (lowering shrubs ; also some of the strong 

 shooting gooseberries, currants, raspberries, ice. 



The increase by suckers, as in some particular 

 sorts of trees and shrubs, as currants and goose- 

 berries, Sec, is objected to for anv general sup- 

 ply, on the supposition that the trees so raised 

 are more adapted to run too greatly to suckers, 

 and overrun the ground round" the mother plant, 

 than such as are raised bv other methods: how- 

 ever, it may generally be observed of such trees and 

 shrubs as are naturally disposed to send up many 

 suckers, that by whatsoever method they are 

 propagated, whether by seeds, suckers, layers, 

 cuttings, Sec, they commonly still continue 

 their natural tendency. 



When it is therefore required to have anv 

 sorts produce as few suckers as possible, not to 

 overrun the ground, or disfigure the plants, it 

 13 properboth at the time of separating the sock- 

 are, or planting them off from the main plants, 

 and at the time of their final removal from the 

 nursery, to observe if at the bottom part they 



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show any tendency to emit suckers, by the np- 

 pearance of prominent bads, which, i; the case, 



should all be rubbed off as close ■ 



.r, many sorts of trees and shru! 

 liable to throw out considerably more than may 

 be wanted, they should always be cleared 

 annually at least, and in such as are not wanted 

 for increase, it is proper to cradicaie them con- 

 stantly, as they are produced in spring and sum- 

 mer. 



Numerous herbaceous and succulent plants 

 arc productive of bottom off-sel suckers from 

 the roots, by which they may be increased, cither 

 generally or occasionally, according to the dif- 

 ferent sorts, both of the fibrous-, bulbous-, and 

 tuberous-rooted tribes ; all the off-sets from the 

 root, and above-ground bottom side heads, of 

 these kind of plants, may be deemed a sort of 

 suckers ; those for planting should be taken off 

 when of one summer's growth, or two at most, 

 which, in the fibrous-rooted kind, may be per- 

 formed in autumn or spring ; and in the bul- 

 bous-, and many of the tuberous-rooted sorts, 

 in summer and autumn, when the stalks and 

 leaves decay. 



In slipping and planting these sorts of off-set 

 suckers, the smaller ones should be planted in 

 nursery-beds, pots, &c, according to the na- 

 ture of growth and temperature of the different 

 sorts, to have the advantage of one summer's 

 advanced growth ; and the larger ones at once, 

 w here they are to remain, in beds, borders, pots, 

 Sec, according to the sorts. 



SUGAR CANE. See Saccharum. 



SUGAR MAPLE. See Acer. 



SULTAN, SWEET. See Ck.ytaurj.a. 



SUMACH. See Coriaria and Rhus. 



SUMMER CYPRESS. See Chknopodiim. 



SIN, the luminary that affords light and 

 heat to plants and vegetables, and is the first 

 mover of all their actions ; by the genia! heat 

 which it affords, and its influence upon the 

 soils, it promotes the growth of them all. 



Plants, therefore, which in their growth are 

 more or ks; exposed to t • i c son, are, for the most 

 part, more prosperous, forwarder, and a 

 greater perfection than suchai grow in any con- 

 siderable shade: and most fruits in a sun: 

 p sure are considerably more beautiful, sooner 

 ripe, and acquire superior q.iahty in flavour 

 to those growing in shady places : and as it has 

 a highly fen. n the earth, 



the ground designed to be mellowed should al- 

 ways be turned up in rough ridges, to git 

 access to the influence of the sun and air ; like- 

 w ice all compost heaps should generally be prepa- 

 red in sunny situation?, in the fuH air, not in 

 shady corners, or in sheds, as is often practised 

 by gardeners. 



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