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SECTION I. 



DIRECT MODE OF MULTIPLYING, BY DIVIDING THE 

 ORIGINAL TREE. 



THERE are two specifically different modes 

 of accomplishing this. The first mode is by 

 Suckers : the second, by Cuttings and Layers. 



I. SUCKERS. 



A sucker is a portion of a tree growing up 

 from the root or from a portion of the trunk 

 which is below tho surface of the soil. By 

 digging down carefully and cutting it off with 

 a portion of the root attached, and setting it 

 out at the proper season of transplanting, it 

 will become a tree of itself. It will not, how- 

 ever, possess so thrifty and'vigorous a habit 

 as that of its parent, although suckers some- 

 times do make very handsome trees. Another 

 objection to suckers . is, that they have a 

 strong disposition to waste their energies in 

 generating other suckers. Still a third objec- 



