SECT. V. - OF PROPAGATION*. G7 



to bend down without breaking, to the depth of four, 

 five or fix inches in the ground, (as the foil is light or 

 heavy) at which thev mud be held fecurely by good 

 pegs ; and if they cannot be brought down fufficiently 

 deep, fome earth may be raifed up to them. 

 ' Let the ground about layers be kept cool by occa- 

 sional waterings, and laving fome me/s, turf, litter, or 

 rather fmall pebbles about them, which will not harbour 

 infe£ts. The part out of ground may be fupported 

 ereftly by a tie to a flick. It is a good way to Jilt 

 (with a (harp knife) the part at the peg, as in carnation 

 layers, a little more than an inch; and fome prick a 

 few holes about the part (at a joint) with a blunt awl, 

 to help the layer to ftrike root. For the harder woods, 

 fome gardeners make feveral flits, or cjiips, in the part 

 layered in the earth, and bind the layer rather tight, 

 juft above it, with pliant wire; and foft wooded layers 

 are fometimes twifted to crack the bark, in order to 

 help the part to ftrike quickly. Generally layers 

 fhould be fhortened to fix or eight inches above the 

 ground; or do it to two eyes, be it more or lefs above 

 ground. 



Where there are no branches low enough to be 

 brought into the ground, (and it is not thought good 

 to head down for the production of low fhoots, or 

 fuckers} plants may be layered by fixing a broken/*/?/, 

 or a box, with a flit in the fide, to the height neceflary 

 to lay in a branch. A branch alfo, if long enough, 

 may be thrufl through the hole of a garden pot upwards, 

 then filled with earth, and fupported by fome con- 

 nivance, and fhaded by fome means, and in both cafes 

 water frequently. Take care not to injure the buds in 

 drawing through the hole of the pot. By this con- 

 trivance rooted plants being procured in pots, may be 

 turned out with the eaith about their roots unJifturbed. 

 A branch of a vine thus layered in November, may be 

 next year cut off, when the fruit is ripe, brought in 

 the put to table, and afterwards planted out. 



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