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them very slightly with the earth. They 

 may stay two years in the seed-bed before 

 transplanting, after which they will make 

 rapid growth, and may be safely removed 

 any time after. With care, cuttings will 

 grow pretty well. The young but well- 

 ripened wood is taken off early in the win- 

 ter, laid in "by the heels" in any sheltered 

 spot, and put out in rows in a warm border 

 very early in spring. Layers succeed well 

 put down in July, or as soon as the wood 

 seems perfectly ripe. 



2. P. ORIENTALIS, Linnceus. Nerves of 

 the leaves smoothish beneath. Lobes more 

 palmate than in No. 1. English buttonwood. 



Seldom makes so large a tree as the other, 

 but is free from its disease. It is a week 

 later in putting forth, which may be one 

 reason for its healthiness. It will grow well 

 in dryer situations than the last. A speci- 

 men at Bartrarn measures eighty feet high 

 and four feet in circumference. 



POPULUS, Linnceus. Nat. Ord. SalicaceaB. 

 Dioecia, Octandria, Linn. Calyx of the male, 

 the flat scale of the catkin torn at the edge. 



