(though that be not altogether fo needful! , for the 

 cut being made on the lower fide, and the Slip being 

 towards rhe root bent down gently , as the manner is 

 and the top of the flip raifed with mould,the (lip will 

 be open of its ovn accord and remain fo if you place 

 it well) at the firlt fame peg down rhe middle of the 

 flip with ttkks, that it may not rife from the pofiture 

 in which tis firtt lay'd , you mutt remember to put 

 good earth , enough to mould up your new Nurfery, 

 and to water it upon all occafions , and then in 7 or 

 8 weekes you may expe^ Rootes. 



*y Reunifies for the manner of laying. 



i» To Laying , tis profitable if not neceffary , 

 that you (in the feafon of docing this operation ) cut 

 the thing you lay, much in the manner you cut Gil- 

 lyflowers, in laying them,unle{Te in fome plants that 

 take any way as Vines, and 'tis fo much the better 

 ifinRofesand other Layers of a woody fubftance, 

 with &n Awle you prick the ttock at the place laid, as 

 it is done in propagation by Circumpoiition. 



2. Another Requifite is, that dureing the time 

 of drought they, be continually watered 5 and kept 

 moitt , other-wife they will make no exaft roots 

 perchance only a kind of knob or button full of frefh 

 fap upon the tongue of the cut in the branch layd. 

 down , yet I have found tbefe branches cut off with 

 watering in the fummer to grow well enough after 

 their tranfplantation. 



3. The feafons moil fit for this operation , is, in 

 the beginning of the fpring or declenfion of the tor- 

 rid heat of fummer , that they may enjoy the moitt- 

 ueffe of fuch feafons mott proper for the eriticeing 



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