44 The N it r s e r y. [Jan. 



Cuttings of many other kinds of flowering -Ihrubs and 

 trees, may alfo ftill be planted ; and there is a vail number 

 of plants that may be raifed by this method. There is 

 hardly any tree or llirub but what may be encreafed 

 either by this method, or by layers, or by fuckers, from 

 the root. 



But the manner of propagating trees and fnrubs by cut- 

 tings, is this : 



The cuttings mull: be young fnoots of the lafl year's 

 growth, which mufl be cut with a fliarp knife from the tree 

 or fhrub you defire to propagate ; they mail be from about 

 fix to ten, twelve, or eighteen inches long, according to their 

 ftrength and manner of growth j let them be planted in a 

 -fliady iituation, and in rows a foot afunder, and little more 

 than that diilance from one another in the row^, and every 

 putting full half its length in the ground. 



.Plant Cuttings and Suclers of Goofehcrry and Currant-huJIjeSj 

 to raife a Supply of I^ civ Plants* , 



Propagate gooieberry and currant-bufliei by cuttings of 

 the young flioota and fuckers from root : by both of which 

 metiioJs they are pix>pugnted with great facility and abun- 

 dance, though fome prefer cutting^J, ns thinking they arc 

 not apt to run fo much to wood, and produce larger fruit 

 than fuckers, and we have formerly been of the fame c]>i- 

 nion, but from farther obfervation found no material difte- 

 rence. 



When defigned to raife them from cuttings, they mud 

 be {hoots of the lail fummer's growth, and fhould be cut 

 from healthful trees, and muil be about ten, twelve, fif- 

 teen, or eighteen inches in length, or more, accord- 

 ing to their growth. They mail be planted in row's, 

 twelve or fifteen inches afunder, introducing each cutting 

 one third, or near half way into the ground. 



Note, thefe cuttings fhould be planted in a fliady border ; 

 they will make good fnoots the following fummer, and the 

 fecond or third year from planting will bear fruit. 



And to propagate them by fuckers, they riiing abun- 

 dantly from the root in fpring and fummer, let them be 

 digged up with roots, the firil or fecond autumn or winter 

 after ; trim any broken part of the roof, and fhorten the 

 weak tops, then plant them in nurfery rows, and they 

 ■will form good plants in a year or two for the garden plan- 

 tations. 



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