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Or you may give the young shoot a twist, in that part, which 

 you intend laying in the earth, by which method, it will root more 

 freely, than if laid down without it. 



Those which are layed in this or next month, will be tolerably 

 well rooted by next autumn, and may then be separated from the 

 tree, and planted in the nursery to get strength. 



Cuttings of many kinds of flowering shrubs and trees may also 

 still be planted : and there are vast numbers of plants that may be 

 propagated by this method. There is hardly any tree or shrub but 

 what may be increased either by this method, or by layers, or 

 suckers from the root. 



But the manner of propagating trees or shrubs by cuttings, is 

 this : The cuttings must be young shoots of the last year's growth, 

 which must be cut with a sharp knife from the tree or shrub you 

 desire to propagate ; they must be from about six or eight, to twelve 

 or fifteen inches long, according to their strength and manner of 

 growth ; let them be planted in rows eighteen inches asunder, 

 and from five to eight inches distance in the row ; and every cut- 

 ting inserted two thirds of its length into the ground. 



Propagate gooseberries and currants by cuttings, as directed in 

 October ; and prune such of the old plants as require it, agreeably 

 to the directions given in this, and that month. 



In open weather, you should, as much as possible, forward the 

 digging and trenching vacant compartments of ground, where young 

 trees and shrubs are to be planted in this and next month. 



Now prepare some ground, where it is not wet, for the reception 

 of stones and kernels of hardy fruits, to raise a supply of stocks, 

 for the purpose of budding and grafting upon. 



These, may be sown any time this month, observing to sow them 

 in beds four feet wide ; cover the stones an inch and a half deep 

 with earth, and the kernels, half an inch : the plants will appear in 

 March, April, and May ; when they must be kept clean from weeds, 

 and moderate watering in dry weather will be serviceable, when 

 they are newly come up. Some of them will be fit for transplant- 

 ing in nursery rows next November. 



Sow the various kinds of haw-thorn, holly, red cedar, yew, me- 

 zereon, juniper, sweet bay, English and Portugal-laurel berries ; 

 likewise, the seeds of hornbeam, ash, spindle-tree, bladder-nut, and 

 all the other kinds of tree, and shrub-seeds, which require a years 

 preparation previous to sowing, as noticed in February. The 

 sooner now, these kinds of seeds are sown, the better ; provided 

 the ground be dry, and that it works loose and light. 



For particular instructions respecting the sowing of these seeds, 

 -fee. see February and March. 



