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fuckers, for all plants that are to be kept 

 low and bufhy. Jf a fucker was to be laid 

 it would not alter its nature, it would frill 

 grow fall and ftraight ; but if the young 

 moots of an old branch are laid, they will 

 take root and grow, but never moot free- 

 ly : if a fruit-tree, it will bear very plen- 

 tifully ; and if a flowering-plant, it will 

 flower much better than plants that arc 

 raifed from fuckers, or plants raifed from 



cuttings of vigorous young wood. 







Itf the nurfery there mould be a quarter 

 allotted for the ufe of planting ftools ; and 

 as the whole fuccefs depends on the fme- 

 nefs of the young moots that are to be 

 laid, the place where they are to be plant- 

 ed" mould be light and rich ; rich, to en- 

 courage the young moots to grow ftrong 

 and vigorous ; and light, that they may 

 make good roots when laid. The flools 

 mould not be planted too thick ; for al- 

 though they may feem thin when firft 

 planted, if they thrive as they ought to 

 do they will be very large in a few years, 



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