66 OI fROPAGATION. SECT. V. 



Cuttings of a variety of woody plants will grow, 

 and many trees and fhrubs are propagated this way ; 

 but their lap mull be of a watery nature, as thofe plants 

 that are gummy will not ftrike, (or rarely) though 

 ever fo much care is bellowed, or time allowed them. 

 The texture of the wo@d of cuttings mult be fome- 

 what foft, as head wooded ones will not grow. Cuttings 

 fhould be rather fhort than long, and keptfleady in the 

 ground. If they are planted where there is any like- 

 lihood of their being difturbed, they may be tied to a 

 flick, well faftened in the earth. 



The flea/on for fetting flips and cuttings is for fome 

 things fummer, as wall-flowers and myrtles ; and for 

 moil, from Oflober to March, but (in general) the 

 fooner the better. It has however been faid, that 

 firing is the beft time for all, and that the fap mould 

 be in motion firft. This is at leaft true of fome things, 

 as cuttings of the vitex, or chajle tree, (though hardy) 

 are found to do beft- in fpring; and all cuttings from 

 plants of a delicate nature do fo. 



Cuttings fhould be of well ripened wood, and have 

 the earth prefled to them, the whole length that they 

 are in the ground; i. e. from four to fix inches. Cut 

 them with a fharp knife iiopewife, and plant in a good 

 foil, and in a fituation where they only have the morn- 

 ing fun; and keep them cool (not wet) by occafional 

 watering in dry weather. 



Laying of branches is a mode of propagation, that 

 may be adopted for almoft all foreft trees, and feveral 

 forts of fruit trees and fhrubs ; i. e. all that will grow 

 from cuttings, and many that will not. Layers are 

 lefs rampant, and more fruitful than fuckers; and 

 *' thofe who are curious, and find a feminal variety of 

 any tree, or fhrub, that is remarkably different from the 

 original, the only way to have it preferved genuine is 

 to convert it into ajlool, (by cutting down) and railing 

 plants by layers." They are made of the lower 

 branches of the plant, and mult be young and pliable, 



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