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freely develop themselves, and put forth abundant roots, so that? 

 at the end of the year the layer is ready for use. The whole is- 

 then taken up and the layer hardly suffers at all from the sepa 

 ration from the parent stalk. This undoubtedly is the best, 

 method of propagation, and is that which is preferred at Tho- 

 mery. Unhappily, on account of the expense attending the 

 transportation of the basket layers, the cultivator is often com 

 pelled to use the unprotected layers, or chevelees. 



GKAFT. As to the graft, this mode of propagation, or multi 

 plication, is employed for trellised vines only as an exception,, 

 and in circumstances analogous to those which render this 

 operation necessary in ordinary vineyards. We have in the 

 preceding part of this volume described the graft &quot; en fente, 



