40 THE CULTURE 



When you would plant the cuttings, 

 firfl fill the trenches about one third with 

 fome of the fine mould which was taken 

 out of them, then begin to lay in the cut- 

 tings, by placing their main flem as fiac as 

 you can in the bottom of the trench, and 

 turning up the fmall branches on each 

 fide, fo that their ends may fland above 

 ground from three inches to a foot, as 

 they can be conveniently bended and turn- 

 ed up ; for which purpofe, place that fide 

 of the main branch undermofl; which has 

 fewell: twigs growing out of it, you may 

 bend the fmall branches, and make them 

 comply as much as you plcafe, they will 

 not grow the worfe, and where they are 

 flubborn you may pin them down with 

 hook'd pegs. 



When the large flem of the cutting has 

 but few or no lelfer branches coming from 

 it for a confiderable way, you need not 

 then bury it above three or four inches 

 under the ground, that it may the eafier 

 fhoot forth buds from its unfurnifh'd part. 

 And when feveral bufhy clumps of fmall 

 fhoots fpring from the ends of the iefler 

 branches, as is common when the cuttings 

 are taken from old trees, then that part of 

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