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after they had lain a confiderable Time out 

 of the Ground, by reafon he places it amongft 

 the Wonders of Nature : The fame may be 

 faid of thofe dry Stumps of Orange-Trees that 

 we have from Genoa^ which any unskilful 

 Perfon would fcarce take up on the Road ( if 

 poflibly one was there dropt ) upon any other 

 account than the Fire : To this Clafs, 'tis pro- 

 bable, belongs our OGers and Willows, which 

 appear more plainly in the firft 5 and if 'twere 

 to be try'd, dryifti Willow Stakes might take 

 as well as Olive ^ but neither of them are of 

 iriuch ufe on this account. 



Etfa^e aherius ramos impune videmus^ &c. 



Virg. Georg, 2. 



Tis ufual now, an inmate Graft to fee, 

 With Infolence invade a foreign Tree. 



Drjden. 



Which is the laft Method of Raifing Trees, 

 prefcribed by this eminent Author and Poet 5 

 under which we may couch all our Methods 

 of Grafting and Inoculation. But there is 

 another Method, left by Plinj, which hePHn./.i;. 

 calls Emplajiratio^ which is by fome con-^'^^- 

 founded with our Inoculation 5 but this is a 

 cutting out a circular piece of the Bark with 

 the Eye in the centre, and placing it on the 

 Stock, the fame dimenfions being firft taken 

 out of the Stock, to make room for the other 3 

 but the Efcutchcon-way feems to be the beft : 



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