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rows, four feet distant, and plant from plant one foot in the row* 

 Having two or three year's growth in these rows, they may be 

 planted successfully in any warm and tolerably rich sandy ground >. 

 They may also be propagated by suckers, which they throw up 

 abundantly ; especially, if some of their wide extending roots be 

 cut through with an axe, &c. 



The Robirda glutlnosa, is a charming plant ; it produces in May 

 numerous bunches of delightful flowers, grows to a good size, and 

 is a great ornament in pleasure grounds. It may be propagated by 

 seeds in like manner, or by grafting it on the former. 



The Robinia hifiida, or Rose Acacia, is a most beautiful flower* 

 ing shrub, of humble growth, and may be propagated by suckers, 

 which it produces in great numbers, or by grafting it on either of 

 the above species. -* 



The Ash, Lime, and Sour-Gum. 



The various kinds of Fraxinus or ash, are propagated by seeds, 

 which are to be prepared in the same manner as directed for haws* 

 in page 144, 8cc. for they do not vegetate till the second spring after 

 the seeds are ripe. All the kinds take freely by grafting on one 

 another. 



The Tilia americana, or American lime or Linden tree, together 

 with every other species of the same genus, is easily propagated by 

 layers, or by sowing the seeds in October or November, or in March, 

 if preserved in dry sand till that time. Sow the seeds on an even 

 surface, clap them in, with the back of a spade, and cover them a 

 little better than half an inch deep. 



The JVyssa integrifolia, or Upland Tupelo-tree, or Sour-Gum, is 

 propagated by seed, suckers, layers or cuttings ; if by seed, 

 sow them immediately when ripe, covering them an inch deep ; 

 some of them will come up the spring following, but many not till 

 the second year. The better way would be, to prepare them as di- 

 rected for haws, and in the ensuing March examine them } if you 

 then find many showing symptoms of vegetation, sow them ; if not, 

 let them remain till that time twelvemonths. 



Deciduous Cyjiress, White Cedar, and Arbor-Vita. 



The Cupressus disticha, bald or deciduous cypress, grows to an. 

 enormous large size, the foliage of which is uncommonly beautiful 

 during the summer months. It is propagated by sowing the seed in 

 March, in beds of good mellow earth, covering them half an inch 

 deep ; they must be kept very free from weeds, and when two years 

 old, transplant them from' the seed-beds into nursery rows. 



The Cujiressus Thy aides, or White Cedar, is propagated by sow- 

 ing the seeds, which are very thin and flat, when taken out of the 

 cones, in boxes of light earth, taken from swampy ground, and 

 covered about the eighth of an inch, or a little better, with loose 

 rich mould sifted evenly over them ; they must have frequent 

 sprinklings of water, and when up, and that the heat increases, the 



